Robin Cook is a private member of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Board of Trustees. He finished his post graduate in medical training at the Harvard University. During this time he also had a private practice of ophthalmology in Massachusetts. Once he was discharged from the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, Robin Cook went back to medicine, taking a residency in ophthalmology at Harvard University, following which he enrolled as a full-time student at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Later on, he trained as a navy aquanaut medical officer and it was during this time that he worked on his first non-fiction book, A Medical Watch Standers Guide to Saturation Diving.

When he was drafted into the Navy, he started out at the submarine school and navy diving school. He graduated from Wesleyan University summa cum laude with a major in chemistry and a distinction in government, and soon after he enrolled at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons while working at a blood/gas chemistry laboratory to support himself. Two years later his baby sister was born, which made him no longer be the youngest in the family.Īfter high school, Robin Cook realized that his main inter est lay in medicine. He lived there until the age of 8 when he moved to Leonia, New Jersey with his parents. Robin Cook was born in 1940 in New York City in Queens.

The Year of the Intern, 1972 (debut novel).

Standalone Novels in Publication Order by Robin Cook Marissa Blumenthal Series in Publication Order Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery Series in Publication Orderĭr. New Robin Cook Books Night Shift (Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery #13), 2022 Here are the Robin Cook books in order of publication and reading order for his standalone novels and book series. With over 30 novels in this genre written so far, many of which have been at some point or another on New York Times’ bestseller list, the author has perfected his writing formula over the years, which keeps his loyal readers hooked book after book. More often than not, when readers think of the medical thriller genre, the name Robin Cooks pops up in their names right away, and with good reason.

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook is, in fact, considered by many the founding father of the medical thriller genre. Last Updated on DecemReading the Robin Cook books in order means diving right into the dangerous world of medical thriller books. Standalone Novels in Publication Order by Robin Cook.Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery Series in Publication Order.

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