Echo Heron Books in Order

Echo Heron has written 11 books, published between 1987 and 2021. The first book is Intensive Care (1987) and the newest is Mooshie: Life With An Unconventional Cat (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1987–2021

Echo Heron, born Echo Ruah Salato in Troy, New York, writes fiction, non-fiction, mysteries and historical fiction. Heron is also a critical care registered nurse and campaigns for the rights of patients and nurses. Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse, published by Atheneum in 1987, was Heron's first book and made the New York Times bestseller list. The catalogue lists 11 books across the Ellis Hospital and Story of a Nurse series and other titles, including Mercy (1992), Pulse (1998), Fatal Diagnosis (2000), Emergency 24/7 (2015) and Mooshie: Life With An Unconventional Cat (2021).

How many Echo Heron books are there?

Echo Heron has 11 books, released between 1987 and 2021. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Echo Heron Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Echo Heron books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Intensive CareStory of a Nurse #11987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987
  2. 2
    Mercy1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992
  3. 3
    Condition CriticalStory of a Nurse #21994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994
  4. 4
    PulseEllis Hospital #11998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998
  5. 5
    Tending Lives1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998
  6. 6
    PanicEllis Hospital #21998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998
  7. 7
    ParadoxEllis Hospital #31998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998
  8. 8
    Fatal DiagnosisEllis Hospital #42000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  9. 9
    Noon at Tiffany's2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  10. 10
    Emergency 24/72015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  11. 112021

Echo Heron books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Ellis Hospital in order

4 books
  1. 1. Pulse
  2. 2. Panic
  3. 3. Paradox
  4. 4. Fatal Diagnosis

Story of a Nurse in order

2 books
  1. 1. Intensive Care
  2. 2. Condition Critical

Standalone books

5 books

5 Echo Heron titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Echo Heron books in order?

You only need to read Echo Heron books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Echo Heron

Start with Intensive Care (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Echo Heron book?

Mooshie: Life With An Unconventional Cat (2021) is the newest Echo Heron book released so far.

Is there a new Echo Heron book coming?

No next Echo Heron book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Echo Heron at a glance

Paused
No new Echo Heron title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Echo Heron books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Busiest decade
Most Echo Heron books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.