Selected Writing by Olaf Kroneman
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephanie.Wallace@finnpartners.com Adrienne.Allen@finnpartners.com Nephrologist’s Gritty Debut Novel Detroit Heroic Assigned to the city morgue to assist with forensic autopsies, Drummond uncovers the horrific close-range police executions of three unarmed teenagers at the infamous Algiers Motel. Alongside a fierce fellow intern, Brinn O’Reilly, Drummond is dragged into a dangerous web of rogue cops, illegal back-alley abortion rings, and a federal conspiracy surrounding the Tuskegee syphilis study. Blending historical accuracy with intense medical drama, Kroneman weaves a powerful narrative about innocence, systemic prejudice, and…
Nephrologist’s Gritty Debut Novel Detroit Heroic Detailing the Turbulent 1967 Rebellion DETROIT — Heliotrope Books is proud to announce the upcoming release of Detroit Heroic(September 2026), a gripping new novel by nephrologist Dr. Olaf Kroneman III. A raw, uncompromising look at the corrupt underbelly of Detroit and the chaos of the 1967 uprising, Detroit Heroic follows first-year medical intern Dr. Matt Drummond, who has avoided the Vietnam War draft only to find himself navigating an urban war zone at home. Assigned to the city morgue to assist with…
New Cover Release Date September 2026 Heliotrope Press
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Featured story
Since You’re Going To Die Anyway
You know, Doctor that every year I look forward to your Christmas card. It’s always the first to arrive. I wait for it. It starts the season. It’s not politically correct, it’s always something religious. But then you and your brother are really into religion. That’s why you forgave them. I’m better now, but not…
Medicine’s First Responders: The Unselfish Dedication of Nurses
In the interest of patient care the Massachusetts Nurses Association seeks legislation to put a limit on the number of patients assigned to an individual nurse. They request one nurse to care for four patients in the non-ICU setting and a one to one ratio in the ICU. A recent editorial in The Wall Street…
What Emily Post Has To Teach Us About Cultural Competency in the Clinical Encounter
In my essay “Fighting to Heal,” I described my relationship with a former prizefighter who must undergo a kidney transplant. There was some concern about his ability to trust the medical establishment but the fears were allayed by the patient’s trust in me. My boxing background and familiarity with its culture helped in my solid doctor–…
Everybody Loves the Foodman
I feed the starving. I feed the dying. I’m no Mother Teresa, but the act of feeding the unfortunates who can’t eat appeals to me. How could you not like the person who feeds you? You don’t bite the hand. I feed people, patients, whose stomachs are diseased or destroyed; destroyed by rare diseases, infections,…
In Sickness and In Health
Green Hills Literary Lantern A conference call: “I can’t believe he’s gonna marry the little witch,” Max said. “Witch?” Jennifer asked. “Don’t you mean bitch?” “I hate that word,” Max said. “A woman should never use it, no one should ever use it.” “There are worse things you can be called,” Tiffany said. “The new one…