Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer (1942-2013) was an American novelist of medical thrillers. Before becoming a novelist, Michael Palmer spent 20 years practicing medicine. Palmer didn’t originally want to be an author, but after reading Coma by Robin Cook (a fellow Wesleyan grad), he realized he could too. As of this writing, all of his novels have made the New York Times Bestseller List. Michael Palmer became a published author in 1982 with The Sisterhood. Below is a list of Michael Palmer’s books in order of when they were originally published: Notes: Natural Suspect is a multi-author collaborative novel which was written alongside William Bernhardt, Leslie Glass, Gini Hartzmark, John Katzenbach, John Lescroart, Bonnie MacDougal, Phillip Margolin, Brad Meltzer, Lisa Scottoline and Laurence Shames.