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Robin Cook

4 May 1940 -

Dr. Robin Cook (born in New York City, New York) is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.

He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Several of his books have been bestsellers on the "New York Times" Bestseller List. Several of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest.

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Harmful intent
9 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow
Sphinx
9 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow
Vital signs
9 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow
Fever
8 editions - first published in 1982
Fatal cure
8 editions - first published in 1993 Checked out
Godplayer
7 editions - first published in 1983
Outbreak
7 editions - first published in 1987
Crisis
7 editions - first published in 2006 Borrow
Mutation
7 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow
Vector
7 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow
Mindbend
6 editions - first published in 1985
Mortal fear
6 editions - first published in 1988
Terminal
6 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow
Blindsight
5 editions - first published in 1992
Foreign body
5 editions - first published in 2008 Read
Contagion
5 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow
The year of the intern
5 editions - first published in 1972
Vital Signs
5 editions - first published in 1991 Checked out
Shock
4 editions - first published in 2001
Intervention
4 editions - first published in 2009 Read
Seizure
4 editions - first published in 2003 DAISY
Acceptable risk
4 editions - first published in 1994 Borrow
Critical
3 editions - first published in 2007 Read
Chromosome 6
3 editions - first published in 1997 Borrow
Abduction
3 editions - first published in 2000 DAISY
Toxin
3 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow
Coma
2 editions - first published in 1977
Marker
2 editions - first published in 2005 DAISY
Three complete novels
2 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow
Invasion
2 editions - first published in 1997 Borrow
Cure
1 edition - first published in 2010
Cure
1 edition - first published in 2010
Cure
1 edition - first published in 2010
Reader's digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1979
Toxin
1 edition - first published in 1999
Crisis
1 edition - first published in 2006 DAISY
Crisis
1 edition - first published in 2007 DAISY
Intervention
1 edition - first published in 2009 DAISY
Shock
1 edition - first published in 2002 DAISY
Seizure
1 edition - first published in 2003 DAISY
Death benefit
1 edition - first published in 2012
Shock
1 edition - first published in 2002 DAISY
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 2012
Critical
1 edition - first published in 2008 DAISY
The year of the intern
1 edition - first published in 2012
Marker
1 edition - first published in 2005 DAISY
Death benefit
1 edition - first published in 2011
Chromosome 6
1 edition - first published in 2000
Cure
1 edition - first published in 2010 Read
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 2012
Cure
1 edition - first published in 2010
Abduction
1 edition - first published in 2000 DAISY
Shock
1 edition - first published in 2001 DAISY
Blindsight
1 edition - first published in 1993 Borrow
Brain
1 edition - first published in 1980 Borrow
Brain
1 edition - first published in 1980 Borrow
Coma: a novel
1 edition - first published in 1977 Borrow
Fatal cure
1 edition - first published in 1994 Borrow
Fever
1 edition - first published in 1982 Borrow
Fever
1 edition - first published in 1982 Borrow
Fever
1 edition - first published in 1983 Borrow
Godplayer
1 edition - first published in 1984 Borrow
Harmful intent
1 edition - first published in 1991 Borrow
Mindbend
1 edition - first published in 1985 Borrow
Mortal fear
1 edition - first published in 1988 Borrow
Mutation
1 edition - first published in 1990 Borrow
Outbreak
1 edition - first published in 1988 Borrow
Outbreak
1 edition - first published in 1987 Borrow
Reader's digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Reader's digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Reader's digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Reader's Digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1983 Borrow
Reader's Digest condensed books
1 edition - first published in 1988 Borrow
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 1980 Borrow
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Terminal
1 edition - first published in 1994 Borrow
Terminal
1 edition - first published in 1993 Borrow
Sphinx
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
Terminal
1 edition - first published in 1994 Borrow
Toxin
1 edition - first published in 1999 Borrow

Places

Egypt, New York (N.Y.), Miami (Fla.), Boston (Mass.), Cambridge (Mass.), Vermont, Equatorial Africa, Equatorial Guinea, India, Massachusetts, New York, New York (State)

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History Created April 1, 2008 · 3 revisions
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May 28, 2010	Edited by 208.70.27.190	Add bio, photo, dates
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