Timothy Browne is an orthopaedic surgeon and medical missionary who has served around the world with Operation Blessing, Mercy Ships, and Hope Force International. Browne has ministered in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil, Ukraine, Borneo, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, North Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Haiti, and Sierra Leone. His debut novel, Maya Hope, was released in July 2016. The second in the Dr. Nicklaus Hart Series, The Tree of Life, is scheduled for release in late fall of 2017, and he is working on the third, The Rusted Scalpel. Browne lives in Western Montana with his wife, Julie, who served with him along with their three sons.