Born in Valdosta, Georgia, he attended Emory University and earned his MD degree from Tulane University. He retired from surgical practice and from hospital accreditation surveys for The Joint Commission in 2008 to devote himself full time to fiction writing. Unannounced, the first novel in the Jonathan Harding/Peter Larsen trilogy was published in 2011. Conditional followed in 2012, and this prequel, Hush, Boy completes the series. George lives in San Antonio. He is currently working on a novel based upon some of his travels in Europe. All are invited to follow the progress of that novel at www.georgebeddingfield.com. E-mail comments are welcome at gbeddingfield@att.net.