Cultivating the Corpse Bloom: How a Medical Thriller Took Root, with Author Bryan Wiggins

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Tue Oct 14 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

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138 Cemetery Ave. / PO Box 1105, Manchester Center, VT, United States, Vermont 05255 | Manchester, VT

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Join author Bryan Wiggins as he shares the story behind his medical thriller novel, The Corpse Bloom. Every author’s journey is different, and Bryan’s took him from doing brand work for Dr. Lee Thibodeau’s medtech company, to operating room observations, to intensive planning, and finally to branding and marketing his own book. Discover what inspired his story, and then learn about the publishing process.
Book Summary:
When a kidney transplant performed by Boston General Hospital’s preeminent surgeon goes bad, the life of his patient is only the first thing Dr. Brad Baker will lose. Threatened with a malpractice suit, Brad takes a leave of absence to accept a job offer from Carlos Cardoza, the suave director of a remote transplant clinic in Campeche, Mexico.
But over the next several months, Brad becomes uneasy about the source of the cadaveric kidneys he transplants into his wealthy patients. By the time Brad learns of the true intentions of his employer, he finds escape nearly impossible from the jungle of incriminating circumstances he’s trapped within. And when a DEA agent intercepts Brad to offer the key to his release, Brad struggles to apply a cure for his problems that may prove more deadly than they are. He’ll need to risk everything—and everyone—he loves to find his way home.
About the Author:
Parents and places. Those influences on who we are and what we do are the puzzle pieces I play with in the novels I write. That game got me far enough to land a book deal with one of the Big 5 publishers. Whether I do it again or end up reaching readers by connecting with them directly is an open question. What isn’t, is if I’ll ever stop writing. Because exploring how the people we come from and the world we live in shape the stories of our lives is the best way I know to make sense of mine.
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