Robin Cook
Robin Cook was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 4th, 1940 and is the Novelist. At the age of 83, Robin Cook biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Robert Brian "Robin" Cook (born May 4, 1940) 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.
Many of his books have been bestsellers on The New York Times Best Seller List.
Several of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest.
His books have sold nearly 400 million copies worldwide.
Early life and career
Cook was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and grew up in Woodside, Queens. He migrated to Leonia, New Jersey, when he was eight years old, where he could first have the "luxury" of having his own room. He earned his undergraduate medical degree at Harvard and Wesleyan University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and then completed his postgraduate medical training at Harvard.
In the south of France, Cook managed the Cousteau Society's blood-gas laboratory. When he was first drafted in 1969, he became an aquanaut (a submarine doc) with the US Navy's SEALAB program. Cook served in the Navy from 1969 to 1971, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. When serving on the Polaris submarine USS Kamehameha, he wrote Year of the Intern, his first book.