About the author: He is a native Georgian, born in Atlanta. His surgical training occurred at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital during the 1960s. For the past 20 years, Jon, and his nurse-wife, have lived a tranquil retired life on Harris Neck Creek at Springfield Plantation in northern McIntosh County, Georgia. He is now putting the finishing touches on Beyond the Gradies, a sequel affording a humorous look at many years of surgical practice in a small Georgia town.