Echo Heron, born Echo Ruah Salato in Troy, New York is an author of fiction, non-fiction, mysteries and historical fiction. She is also a critical care registered nurse and an activist for patients' and nurses' rights. Her first book, Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse, was published by Atheneum in 1987 and quickly found a place on the New York Times' bestseller list. Bibliography Non-fiction Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse (1987) Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues (1994) Tending Lives: Nurses On the Medical Front (1998) Emergency 24/7: Nurses of the Emergency Room (2015) Mooshie: Life With an Unconventional Cat (memoir) (2021) Fiction Mercy (1992) Historical fiction Noon at Tiffany's: An Historical, Biographical Novel (2012) Mysteries Pulse (1998) Panic (1998) Paradox (1998) Fatal Diagnosis (2000) References External links Official site Living people American nurses American women nurses American medical writers Women medical writers Medical fiction writers People from Schenectady County, New York Year of birth missing (living people) American historical novelists 21st-century American women