Medical Thrillers Inspired by Real Life

Renda Knapp crafts medical thrillers that pulse with authenticity, drawing from her twenty years as a practicing OB/GYN physician. After decades of witnessing the extraordinary courage of women facing life's most challenging moments, Renda turned to fiction to explore stories that needed telling. She has transformed her medical expertise into riveting narratives featuring resilient female protagonists confronting overwhelming adversity.

Her debut thriller was a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore Award in 2024. Committed to mastering her craft, Renda has immersed herself in the writing community, participating in prestigious programs including ThrillerFest, Steven James and Robert Dugoni's Novel Writing Intensives, and Karen Dionne's Muskrat Lodge Writers Retreat. She has participated in master classes at Kauai Writers’ Conference and Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Women Fiction Writers Association.

When not writing or practicing medicine, Renda can be found tending to her peony farm in Homer, Alaska, hiking coastal trails, or kayaking in the pristine waters she calls home.

Renda is currently at work on her next thriller.

                The killer who murdered her husband and drove her sister into hiding isn’t a stranger—he’s at her dinner table, and Dr. Randi Jewell is about to discover just how close she’s kept her enemies.