Join us for an evening with award-winning author, Jocelyn Cullity! Friday, November 6 from 5:30-7:00 PM, this historical fiction is based on the true story of Norman Baker, a demagogue and radio propagandist who set up a nationally renowned cancer clinic in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Author of AMAH & THE SILK WINGED PIGEONS and THE ENVY OF PARADISE, Jocelyn Cullity’s THE NURSE AT BAKER HOSPITAL is a mystery based on a true story — the Ozarks’ version of THE GOOD NURSE — in which a young woman uncovers the dark secrets of a Depression-era cancer hospital and the mesmeric man behind them.
"Drawing on primary resources, the novel meets the highest standards of historical fiction while reading with the urgency of a thriller. Though the events are rooted in the past, the lessons they offer are not merely relevant—they are urgently so." — Donna Meredith / Editor, Southern Literary Review
Jocelyn Cullity is an Associate Professor at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She is also the Director of Creative Writing and Director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing. Specializing in fiction, creative nonfiction, and screenwriting, Jocelyn's documentary film, Going to the Sea, is a recipient of the Lester B. Pearson Award (Canada). Her short stories, essays, and interviews have been published in the United States, Canada, India, and England, in journals such as The Missouri Review, The Writer’s Chronicle, Blackbird, The Kipling Journal, African American Review, and the anthology, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. Her first novel, Amah & the Silk-Winged Pigeons, won the 2018 Best Book Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second, The Envy of Paradise, was a finalist in Multicultural Fiction for the 2020 International Book Awards. This is Jocelyn's third novel.