Carolyn Jourdan
Carolyn Jourdan is an American author, USA Today and five-time Wall Street Journal top-ten bestselling memoirist, biographer, and mystery writer.
Carolyn Jourdan | |
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 Jourdan in 2006 | |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | J. D. in Law, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee |
| Period | 2005-Present |
| Genre | Memoir, Biography, Medicine, Science, Wildlife, Travel, and Mystery |
| Subject | Smoky Mountain culture and Southern Appalachian dialect |
| Notable works | Heart in the Right Place, Bear in the Back Seat, Medicine Men, Out on a Limb |
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Biography
Jourdan's first book, a memoir, Heart in the Right Place, was a Wall Street Journal #7 bestseller in 2012[1] and #9 bestseller in 2017.[2]
Heart in the Right Place is the true story of a spoiled, high-powered United States Senate lawyer who gives up a glamorous life in Washington, DC and comes back home to the Great Smoky Mountains to work as an inept receptionist in her father's rural medical office. It was published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in 2007 (hardback) and 2008 (paperback).[3] According to WorldCat, it is held in 912 libraries.[4]
Family Circle magazine chose Heart in the Right Place as its first ever Book of the Month, and Elle (magazine) awarded it a Readers Prize. It was honored in Michigan with a One City One Book in the Capital Area Reads One Book in 2010.[5]
Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring (2012) was Jourdan's second book. It was a Wall Street Journal #5 bestseller in 2014 [6] and #6 bestseller in 2015.[7] Medicine Men was #1 in Biography & Memoir, Science, and Medicine on Amazon. It is a follow-on to Heart in the Right Place and is a collection of true stories from Jourdan's family and over a dozen physicians who practiced in Southern Appalachia.
Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a two-part memoir with Kim DeLozier. It was a Wall Street Journal #9 bestseller in 2013[8] and #7 audio book bestseller in 2016.[9] It describes DeLozier's 32-year career dealing with wildlife.
Her medical mystery, Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery (2013), was a USA Today best seller[10] and voted a Best Kindle Book of 2014. It deals with East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with an emphasis on the insular and quirky local culture.
Jourdan is a former Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. She has degrees from the University of Tennessee in Biomedical Engineering and Law.[11][12]
Bibliography
BOOK LIST
NONFICTION
Medical
- Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir
- Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring
- Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights Off
- Talking to Skeletons: Behind the Scenes With a Radiologist
- Nurse: The Art of Caring
Wildlife
- Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Bear in the Back Seat II: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Bear Bloopers: True Stories from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Waltzing with Wildlife: 10 Things NOT to Do in Our National Parks
- Dangerous Beauty: Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone
Writing
- How to Write, Edit & Publish Your Memoir: Advice From a Best-Selling Memoirist
FICTION
Mystery
- Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery
- School for Mysteries: A Midlife Fairy Tale Adventure
- School for Psychics: A Midlife Fairy Tale Adventure
- Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain: A Travel Mystery
ISBNs
- Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir (2007) hardcover ISBN 9781565124875
- Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir (2007) large print ISBN 978-0739484579
- Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir (2008) softcover ISBN 9781565126138
- Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir (2008) audio ISBN 9781565126664
- Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring (2012) softcover ISBN 9780988564312
- Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring (2012) ebook ISBN 9780988564305
- Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring (2012) audio ISBN 9780988564329
- Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery (2013) softcover ISBN 9780989930451
- Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery (2013) ebook ISBN 9780988564336
- Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery (2017) audio ISBN 9781946299062
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. I (2013) softcover ISBN 9780988564367
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. I (2013) ebook ISBN 9780988564343
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. I (2013) audio ISBN 9780989930420
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. II (2014) softcover ISBN 9780988564374
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. II (2014) ebook ISBN 9780988564350
- Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Vol. II (2017) audio ISBN 9780997201284
- Bear Bloopers: True Stories from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2014) softcover ISBN 9780989930413
- Bear Bloopers: True Stories from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2014) ebook ISBN 9780989930444
- Bear Bloopers: True Stories from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2017) audio ISBN 9781946299048
- School for Mysteries: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2014) softcover ISBN 9780989930475
- School for Mysteries: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2014) ebook ISBN 9780989930468
- School for Mysteries: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2018) audio ISBN 9781946299055
- School for Psychics: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2014) softcover ISBN 9780997201208
- School for Psychics: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2014) ebook ISBN 9780989930482
- School for Psychics: A Midlife Fairytale Adventure (2018) audio ISBN 9781946299079
- Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights Off (2015) softcover ISBN 9780997201215
- Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights Off (2015) ebook ISBN 9780989930437
- Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights Off (2016) audio ISBN 9780997201277
- Talking to Skeletons: Behind the Scenes with a Radiologist (2015) softcover ISBN 9780997201222
- Talking to Skeletons: Behind the Scenes with a Radiologist (2015) ebook ISBN 9780989930499
- Talking to Skeletons: Behind the Scenes with a Radiologist (2016) audio ISBN 9780997201260
- Waltzing with Wildlife: 10 Things NOT to Do in Our National Parks (2016) ebook ISBN 9780997201253
- Nurse: The Art of Caring (2016) softcover ISBN 9780997201246
- Nurse: The Art of Caring (2016) ebook ISBN 9780997201239
- Nurse: The Art of Caring (2018) audio ISBN 9781946299031
- Dangerous Beauty: Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone (2017) softcover ISBN 9781946299017
- Dangerous Beauty: Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone (2017) ebook ISBN 9781946299000
- Dangerous Beauty: Stories from the Wilds of Yellowstone (2017) audio ISBN 9781946299024
- How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist (2018) softcover ISBN 9781946299093
- How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist (2018) ebook ISBN 9781946299086
- How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist (2019) audio ISBN 9781946299116
- Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain: A Travel Mystery (2019) softcover ISBN 9781946299116
- Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain: A Travel Mystery (2019) ebook ISBN 9781946299109
- Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain: A Travel Mystery (2019) audio ISBN 9781946299123
References
- "WSJ Best-Selling Books - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- "WSJ Best-Selling Books".
- "Heart in the Right Place: Main Description: $14.95: Workman Publishing". Workman.com. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- WorldCat item record. Worldcat.org. OCLC 71243903. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- "Michigan Reads One Book" (PDF). Michigan.gov. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- "Best-Selling Books: Week Ended Oct. 26 - WSJ.com".
- "Best-Selling Books: Week Ended July 26 - WSJ.com". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
- "Best-Selling Books: Week Ended Dec. 8 - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- "New York Times Top 10 Audio Books for the Week Ending July 1, 2016".
- "USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books based on sales through Sunday, 7/23/2017".
- "Carolyn Jourdan - United States Book Author". Pubmatch.com. 2013-12-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- "Carolyn Jourdan author bio". Bookbrowse.com. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- "Carolyn Jourdan" in Contemporary authors. : Volume 263 a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields Gale, 2008
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