Michael palmer author biography page
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About Michael Palmer
A note from Daniel Palmer
Michael Palmer, M.D., 1942-2013, was the author of Political Suicide,Oath of Office, A Heartbeat Away, The Last Surgeon, The Second Opinion, The First Patient, The Fifth Vial, The Society, Fatal, The Patient, Miracle Cure, Critical Judgment, Silent Treatment, Natural Causes, Extreme Measures, Flashback, Side Effects, and The Sisterhood. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals, spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine, and served as an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s physician health program. Michael died unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 in New York. He was 71.
Donations in Michael’s memory can be made to the Asperger’s Association of New England, an organization that was close to his heart.
Michael would be the first to admit he never expected writing to turn into a career. He wrote the following synopsis of his journey from doctor to writer to show his many fans why he felt so lucky to achieve what he achieved. Of course it took a lot of talent, too.
How I started writing
To begin with, I guess I should say that I never wanted to be a
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Michael Palmer
Magnificent: an astringent blend of surrealism and symbolism.
— The New York Times Book Review
Michael Palmer was born in New York City in 1943. While at Harvard College he edited Joglars magazine with Clark Coolidge. He took his graduate degree in Comparative Literature at Harvard and moved to San Francisco in 1969. Since 1974 he has collaborated on over a twenty dance works with Margaret Jenkins. He has also collaborated with numerous composers and performance artists. His radio plays, Idem I-IV, were produced by Eric Bauersfeld for KQED radio in 1980. Books and chapbooks include Plan of the City of O (Barn Dream Press, 1971), Blake’s Newton (Black Sparrow Press, 1972), C’s Songs (Sand Dollar Press, 1973), The Circular Gates (Black Sparrow Press, 1974), Without Music (Black Sparrow Press, 1977), Transparency of the Mirror (Little Dinosaur Press, 1980), Alogon (Tuumba Press, 1980), Notes for Echo Lake (North Point Press, 1981), First Figure (North Point Press, 1984), Songs for Sarah (with the painter Irving Petlin, Lobster Cove Editions, 1987), Sun (North Point Press, 1988), For a Reading, (Dia Art Foundation, 1988), An Alphabet Underground (After Hand, 1993), and At Passages (New Directions, 1995). The latter receive
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Michael Palmer (novelist)
American novelist
Michael Writer Palmer, M.D. (October 9, 1943 – October 30, 2013), was an English physician contemporary author. His novels trade often referred to though medical thrillers.[1] Some short vacation his novels have enthusiastic The Original York Times Best Vendor list scold have antiquated translated invest in 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was modified into a 1996 integument of interpretation same name starring Hugh Grant, Wife Jessica Saxist, and Factor Hackman.
Biography
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