Dr. Duane Penshorn is a San Antonio-based emergency physician and self-published fiction author whose career bridges clinical medicine, speculative literature, and applied sciences.
- Medical Career: Dr. Penshorn has practiced as an emergency medicine specialist for over two decades. After working as a nurse during his early medical training, he graduated from the Texas A and M University Health Science Center College of Medicine in 2003 and completed his residency at the Central Michigan University College of Medicine in 2006. He is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
- Literary and Publishing Profile: As an indie author, Penshorn writes speculative fiction and sci-fi thrillers that rely heavily on medical realism with scientific and technical accuracy. He is the author of the upcoming complete "Temporal Scent" trilogy, which is scheduled for a final launch on September 1, 2026. His work has gained measurable traction in the independent publishing space, with over 1500 downloads of his inaugural book, The Echoes of Time: Book One of the Temporal Scent Trilogy. In May 2026, The Echoes of Time was recognized as a finalist in the eBook Fiction category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. In June, the 20th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards recognized the book as a finalist in the Fiction Book Cover and Medical Thriller categories.
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