Richard Selzer

Richard Selzer is a surgeon and author. He was born and raised in Troy, New York, United States. Among his published books are:

Rituals of Surgery (1973)

Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery (1976)

Confessions of a Knife (1979)

Letters to a Young Doctor (1982)

Taking the World in for Repairs (1986)

Imagine a Woman (1990)

A Mile and a Half of Ink'' (1990)

Down from Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age (1992)

''Raising the Dead: A Doctor’s Encounter with His Own Mortality (1993)

The Doctor Stories (1998)

The Exact Location of the Soul: New and Selected Essays (2001)

Down from Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age is his autobiography.

External link

 * Richard Selzer quotes on Brainyquote.com
 * Interview at Teen Ink