Paul Carson
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Paul Carson is a doctor and a novelist.

Born in 1949 Paul grew up in Newcastle, a seaside town on the east coast of Northern Ireland. He studied medicine in Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

 from 1969 to 1975, graduating with an honours degree in Paediatrics. Not long after he moved to Australia to work in a hospital cum family practice in Gawler, a town fringing the Barossa Valley
Barossa Valley (wine)
The Barossa Valley is one of Australia's oldest wine regions. Located in South Australia, the Barossa Valley is about 56km northeast of the city of Adelaide...

, South Australia’s famous wine growing area. In 1984 he returned to Ireland to establish his own practice, a specialised clinic dealing with allergy problems in children. He now lives in south Dublin with his wife and two children, Emily and under 21's hockey sensation David.

From 1984 to 1996 Paul wrote numerous articles of medical interest for journals, newspapers and magazines in Ireland and the UK. He published five health books and two children’s novels and was a regular commentator on health and social issues on Irish radio and television.

His first thriller, Scalpel, was published in 1997 by Wm Heinemann
Heinemann (book publisher)
Heinemann is a UK publishing house founded by William Heinemann in Covent Garden, London in 1890. On William Heinemann's death in 1920 a majority stake was purchased by U.S. publisher Doubleday. It was later acquired by commemorate Thomas Tilling in 1961...

 and became an immediate bestseller, spending 17 weeks at number one and a total of 33 weeks in the top five. Scalpel is being developed for television by Magmaworld. Cold Steel followed a year later and in 2000 Final Duty was released. Both were bestsellers.

Ambush was released in 2003 and was a number 1 Bestseller holding the top spot for five weeks. Betrayal was released in 2005.

Paul’s novels have been translated into over a dozen languages, from German to Japanese and will become available in USA from spring 2007. He is represented by the Darley Anderson literary agency.
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