Patricia Kullberg is a former primary care physician who devoted more than two decades of her career caring for homeless, disabled, undocumented and otherwise marginalized persons ...view morePatricia Kullberg is a former primary care physician who devoted more than two decades of her career caring for homeless, disabled, undocumented and otherwise marginalized persons in downtown Portland.She is a life-long resident of Portland where she lives with her husband. Through Write Around Portland she facilitates writing workshops at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility for women and also serves as volunteer board operator at KBOO community radio.She has published a number of award-winning articles on health and medicine. Girl in the River is her first novel.view less