A physician who nearly lost his career to drug and alcohol dependency, Dr. Michael Palmer found his way back to his calling partly by helping heal other doctors, and by replacing his daily pills with ...

Dr. Michael Palmer, a physician who began writing tightly plotted thrillers at his kitchen table in 1978 to escape the inner chaos of alcohol and drug addiction, died Oct. 30 in New York. He was 71.

Trained at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals, Dr. Michael Palmer began his career as an internist, became chief of medicine at Falmouth Hospital, then spent a decade as an emergency room ...

Michael was born in Billings, Montana. He attended public schools in Missoula, Montana, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy from the University of Montana. He went on to earn his ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Palmer claimed he never wanted to ...

Best-selling thriller writer Michael Palmer died on Wednesday from complications from a stroke and heart attack, according to a statement released by his publisher, St. Martin's Press. He was 71.

Swampscott resident and accomplished novelist Dr. Michael Palmer died suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to a statement from his family. “It is with a deeply heavy heart that I must inform you ...