Echo Heron is the New York Times bestselling author of 11 books. Among them are: INTENSIVE CARE: The Story of a Nurse, CONDITION CRITICAL, TENDING LIVES, MERCY, and the Adele Montsarrat Mystery series. Her most recent works include the acclained NOON AT TIFFANY'S: An Historical Biographical novel, EMERGENCY 24/7: Nurses of the Emergency Room, and the humorous memoir, MOOSHIE: Life With an Unconventional Cat.