Robin Cook, who died on Saturday aged 59, was an articulate Scots Left-winger who expected to be a leading player in Tony Blair's Labour government, which he strove long and effectively to elect. But ...

Bestselling author Robin Cook started his first novel when he was in the third grade. "I only wrote it because I was disappointed with the fact that Stuart Little and Margalo never got together," he ...

Robin Cook, the first Robin Cook (not the guy who writes bestselling medical thrillers), was born in London in 1931 and died there 63 years later, suggesting an order otherwise absent in a chaotic and ...

Robin Cook is the pioneer that created a new category of fiction: a medical thriller, with his first novel Coma. Since then he has written 35 more. When our books landed on a "10 best" list of novels ...

Robin Cook’s latest novel, “Host,” is the story of a frightening moneymaking scheme that leaves patients brain-dead. “Host” mirrors the plot of 1977’s “Coma,” but with new characters. In this story, ...

The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and served as the model for Arkham Asylum in ...

Politicians from around the world have paid warm tribute to former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook after his death. Mr Cook collapsed while hill walking in north-west Scotland. The 59-year-old resigned ...

Robin Cook, the former Foreign Secretary, died yesterday after suffering a suspected heart attack while walking on a mountain in Scotland. Mr Cook's second wife, Gaynor, was with him when he collapsed ...