Charles Graeber

Journalist and Author of THE GOOD NURSE and THE BREAKTHROUGH

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Praise for Charles Graeber’s THE BREAKTHROUGH:"A great book. A must-read".
-Dr. James L. Gulley M.D. Ph.D., Chief of Oncology, National Cancer Institute (NCI)"Fascinating. Artful. If you or a loved one...has cancer...this book and the advances it describes offer far more than the usual glimmer of hope." - NEW YORK TIMES"If you or a loved one has cancer, this is a book you'll want to pick up."
-Dana Perino, FOX Nation"Gripping. Riveting. A terrific Book."
-Sharon Begley, The Washington Post"This is your new survival manual."
--William Ferrall, Mahon About Town"Gift this to partners, children, parents and friends."
-Carolyn Wong Simpkins, Science Magazine"Brilliant. Reads like a crime thriller because that's what it is. "
-Financial Review"Extraordinary."
-The Sydney Morning Herald"Rare and thrilling...a hopeful, even inspiring, book about cancer."
-Chris Hewitt, Minneapolis Star Tribune"Fascinating...An untold story..that Siddhartha Mukherjee's 2001 "The Emperor of All Maladies"...barely even acknowledged."
-The New York Times Book Review (An Editor's Choice Book)"Fantastic."
-Wired ("Top Science Books")"Brilliantly rendered..terrific, compelling...pulls you into the narrative right off the hop and never lets go."
-Douglas J. Johnston, Winnipeg Free Press"Fascinating" --The National Book Review "Five Hot Books""Crisp and suspenseful...the perfect backstory for this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine."
- Jane Ciabattari, BBC "Ten Books to Read This Month""Lucid and informed."
--Publishers Weekly"Exciting reading"
--Booklist"Fascinating, well-researched and accessible. A great read. Read it"
--Lisa H. Butterfield, Ph.D., P, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
President, SITC (Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 2016-2018) VP, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy."Offers something rare: realistic hope."'
-The Washington Post“A wonderful book and a wonderful resource, for scientists and non-scientists alike.”
-Dr. Robert Schrieber, celebrated immunologist and co-recipient of the 2017 Balzan Prize (together with Nobel winner Dr. James P. Allison)“Expertly crafted and exhilarating. You will never encounter another book so incisive about the art of medical sleuthing, or so poetic about our innate drive to hold on to all that's beautiful in this world for as long as we can."―Brendan I. Koerner, Wired contributing editor and author of The Skies Belong to Us"Gripping For myself and millions of other cancer survivors, THE BREAKTHROUGH is a book of immense and essential hope."―Michael Fitzgerald, co-founder and CEO of Submittable and author of Radiant Days"Only Graeber, one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, could take a subject so complex, dense and sprawling and turn it into a rollicking high-tension medical thriller. Masterful."―Douglas Rogers, award-winning journalist and author of The Last Resort and Two Weeks in November"Graeber does it again. He takes a complex topic -- this time advances in cancer treatment -- and weaves an engaging narrative that engages you to the end. With cancer as a leading cause of illness and death, this book is a timely and important account of the challenges and possibilities for new horizons in cancer treatment."
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Diana J. Mason, PhD, Senior Policy Service Professor (George Washington University School of Nursing),
Professor Emerita (Hunter College, City University of New York)

TextTHE GOOD NURSE
By Charles Graeber
Edgar Award nominated
New York Times BestsellerFeatured on 60 Minutes, Katie, CBS with Charlie Rose and Gayle King, The Joy Behar Show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross
NAMED BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
-Stephen King “Best Books I’ve Read”
-BBC Worldwide
-Kirkus Reviews
-Entertainment Weekly
-The Daily Beast
-Nursing Review
-Detroit NewsTHE CRITICS“An instant true-crime classic - gripping, precisely documented, and as eloquently written as Truman Capote's journalistic masterwork In Cold Blood.”
-BBC-You think Annie Wilkes was bad? Check out the this chilling nonfiction account of Charlie Cullen...Now there’s a real cockadoodie brat.”
-Stephen King (via Goodreads)“The best books I read this year” (top ten)
-Stephen King (writing in Entertainment Weekly)“The Best Journalism of the Year”
-The Daily Beast“A stunning book... a thriller in every sense of the word that should and does bring to mind In Cold Blood.”
- Janet Maslin, New York Times“The most terrifying book published this year. It is also one of the most thoughtful...call it literary true crime...”
- Kirkus Reviews“Put this one on the shelf next to Ann Rule's classic about Ted Bundy, The Stranger
Beside Me — it's that good. ‘A’ ”
- Entertainment Weekly“Graeber’s prose is as enthralling as the events it describes. The Good Nurse is a true crime book of the highest calibre. Following in the grand tradition of In Cold Blood, Graeber has delivered a book which is not only an impressively thorough journalistic work, but also a pageturner as compelling as the best crime fiction out there.”
-The Bookseller (UK), WeLoveThisBook.com“A remarkable story- both of a serial killer and what drove him to commit these crimes, but also one about the health care system and its vulnerability...”
-Fresh Air with Terry Gross“A standout true-crime book...both a thrilling horror story and a cautionary tale..." -Boston Globe“The Good Nurse is as suspenseful as any crime novel...”
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel“Riveting.”
—People“A literary thriller with legs. Meticulously crafted… a book that demonstrates the transportive power of literary journalism while simultaneously helping to restore its credibility.”
—The Brooklyn Rail“A very scary book. It will reach out and grab you and not let you go. You will forgo food, talking, work, anything just to get to the climactic moment of this true crime story.”
-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"A remarkable book...Gripping and brilliantly written."
-Healthcare Risk Management Review“Gripping.”
—The San Francisco Chronicle“Alarming”
—CNN.com“Absolutely frightening. A must-read”
—The Detroit News“Graeber’s debut stands out from those true crime books.. it’s thoughtful and multi-layered, with an incantatory prose style.” - Kirkus Reviews“Taut, psychologically acute, and damning. Five stars.”
- (Michelle Wildgen, Executive Editor,) Tin House“Fascinating and frightening… A scary page turner about one man’s quiet reign of terror, those dedicated and brave enough to end it, and the dangers that can lurk in the places we may feel safest. "
—BookReporter"Engrossing... hard-to-put-down.... On one level, The Good Nurse is an absorbing story of a serial killer operating within the walls of what most view as a trusted institution. On another, it’s an intriguing detective story. And on another it’s an indictment of the hospital industry."
-NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER“Fans of Erik Larson (Devil in the White City, Dead Wake) will enjoy Graeber’s The Good Nurse...”
-MALAPROPS BOOKSTORE“Fascinating.”
—The Columbus Dispatch“The story is consistently incredible, but credit it you must, for it is the truth… I couldn’t put this book down.”
—PopMatters“Graeber is a pro at creative nonfiction. He knows how to find, research and tell a story, and he has a way with a grisly turn.”-Metrowest Daily News (Cape Ann):TOP TEN BOOKS
-Stephen King
“The best books I read this year” (top ten), Entertainment Weekly”-THE BBC:
Top ten books of 2013
(The Good Nurse, #2)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131218-the-ten-best-books-of-2013The Daily Beast:
Best Books of 2013
“The Best Journalism of the Year”
thebea.st/1dBwJAPKirkus Reviews
Best Books of 2013 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/best-of-2013/section/nonfiction/?page=5Entertainment Weekly:
“TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2013
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20760444_20760453,00.html#30058609“Best books of 2013”
-The Allure of Books:
http://theallureofbooks.com/2013/12/best-books-2013.html“Five-stars”
-American Journal of Nursing,
review by Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy:
http://ajnoffthecharts.com/2014/01/02/the-not-good-nurse-some-dark-holiday-reading/“Five star plus”
-True Crime Zine
review
http://truecrimezine.com/charles-cullen-book-charles-graeber/Featured on 60 Minutes, Katie, CBS with Charlie Rose and Gayle King, The Joy Behar Show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross,For book clubs (including Skype appearances), interviews, correspondence etc:
[email protected]
WWW.CharlesGraeber.comFor Speaking Engagments
Hachette Speaker’s Bureauhttp://www.hachettespeakersbureau.com/CharlesGraeber