Palmer, Michael, 1942-2013

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Name (Hebrew)
פלמר, מייקל, 1942-2013
Name (Latin)
Palmer, Michael, 1942-2013
Other forms of name
Palmer, Michael, 1942-
פאלמר, מייקל, 1942-2013
Date of birth
1942-10-09
Date of death
2013-10-30
Place of birth
Springfield (Mass.)
Place of death
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activity
Thrillers (Fiction)
Suspense fiction Medical fiction
Occupation
Novelists
Physician
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Michael Stephen
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q2386817
Library of congress: n 85192107
Sources of Information
  • His Side effects, c1985:CIP t.p. (Michael Palmer)
  • Phone call to publisher, 8-8-85(Michael Palmer; b. 10-9-42; physician)
  • Contemp. authors(Palmer, Michael (Stephen); b. Oct. 9, 1942; physician, author of medical suspense novels)
  • New York times (online), viewed Nov. 8, 2013(in obituary published Nov. 7: Dr. Michael Palmer; b. Michael Stephen Palmer, Oct. 9, 1942, Springfield, Mass.; d. Oct. 30, Queens, aged 71; physician who began writing tightly plotted thrillers at his kitchen table in 1978 to escape the inner chaos of alcohol and drug addiction, in the process finding a worldwide audience (and sobriety) as the author of top sellers like Extreme measures and Natural causes)
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Wikipedia description:

Michael Stephen Palmer, M.D. (October 9, 1943 – October 30, 2013), was an American physician and author. His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers. Some of his novels have made The New York Times Best Seller list and have been translated into 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Gene Hackman.

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