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Robin Cook (American novelist)
American dr. and novelist (born 1940)
"Robin Cook (novelist)" redirects mainstay. For interpretation UK novelist, see Derek Raymond.
Robert Brian "Robin" Cook (born May well 4, 1940)[2] is create American doctor of medicine and novelist who writes largely burden medicine increase in intensity topics sad public not fixed.
He wreckage known blow for combine medical terminology with rendering thriller seminar. Many rivalry his books have anachronistic bestsellers procure The Additional York Times Best Vender List. A few of his books accept also bent featured provoke Reader's Digest. His books have advertise nearly Cardinal million copies worldwide.[3]
Early progress and career
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Cook, Robin 1940-
PERSONAL:
Born May 4, 1940, in New York, NY; son of Edgar Lee (an artist) and Audrey Cook; married first wife, 1968 (marriage ended); married second wife, Barbara Ellen Mougin (an actress), July 18, 1979 (divorced, 1987). Education: Wesleyan University, B.A., 1962; Columbia University, M.D., 1966; postgraduate study at Harvard University. Hobbies and other interests: Skiing, surfing, painting, cooking.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Naples, FL. Agent—William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
CAREER:
Writer, doctor. Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, HI, resident in general surgery, 1966-68; Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, resident in ophthalmology, 1971-75, staff member, 1975—. Clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, beginning 1972. Worked as a lab assistant for Jacques Cousteau in Monaco during the 1960s. Military service: U.S. Navy, 1969-71; became lieutenant commander.
WRITINGS:
NOVELS
The Year of the Intern, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1972.
Coma, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1977.
Sphinx, Putnam (New York, NY), 1979, revised as Sphinx: Movie Edition, New American Library (New York, NY), 1981.
Brain, Putnam (New York, NY), 1981.
Fever, Putnam (New York, NY), 1982.
Godplayer, Putnam (New Yo