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Josh Bazell
Josh Bazell is a doctor and novelist. BEAT THE REAPER, his first novel, will be published in March 2009. He has a BA in writing from Brown University, where he was awarded the Clarkson-Collins Prize in American Marine History, and an MD from Columbia University. He has worked as a screenwriter and, while in medical school, investigated suspicious deaths for the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. He is currently a resident at the University of California, San Francisco and writing his second novel featuring Pietro Brnwa and Prof. Marmoset from BEAT THE REAPER.
 
Beat the Reaper

#1 Indie Next List Great Read (January 2009)

Kirkus Reviews: "Bazell's profane, hyperactive novel is readable and fun, and no fan of shoot-'em-ups or medical dramas can afford to miss it. Among the book's highlights is a riotous set of doctor's rounds that find Brown making out with a cancer patient, chasing down a wheelchair-bound fugitive and suffering a particularly vile needle stick.....A wildly funny mashup between genres that makes ER and St. Elsewhere look tame."

Publishers Weekly: "Making a hit man turned medical intern a sympathetic figure would be a tall order for most authors, but first-time novelist Bazell makes it look easy in this breezy and darkly comic suspense novel....The hero's wry narrative voice, coupled with Bazell's artful use of flashbacks to sustain tension and fill in Pietro's past, are a winning combination."

Booklist: "First-novelist and medical resident Bazell appears to have had as much fun writing this fast-paced, absorbing entertainment (complete with romantic subplot) as many will reading it. A remarkably accomplished debut."

BookSlut: "Grab your stocking money and run, don't walk, to pick up Josh Bazell's Beat The Reaper. This is first rate entertainment, and a satisfying fantasy for all you Clooney fans who wish Doug Ross had a bit more Seth Gecko in him."

Check out the BEAT THE REAPER Web site.