Dr Marisa Haetzman (born 1968) is an

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and published author. Together with her husband Chris Brookmyre, she has written several historical fiction novels under the joint pen name Ambrose Parry.

Education

She studied at the

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, during which she won the Hunter Medal for Pharmacology. She graduated with a medical degree in 1990. After leaving work at Wishaw General Hospital she studied and received a master's degree in the

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. In July 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland (), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England. T ...

Career

She practised in Glasgow, London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen as a consultant anaesthetist. She is a member of the

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and a Fellow of the

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Writing

Together with her husband, under the joint pen-name Ambrose Parry, she has published four historical fiction novels which look at the subjects of crime in old Edinburgh and the development of medicine in the 19th century, including the role of women. The stories are set during the era following the discovery of

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James Young Simpson Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in humans and ...

. Their collaborative pen name comes from

Ambroise Paré Ambroise Paré (; – 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pione ...

, the 16th century French military surgeon.

Published works

* ''The Way of All Flesh'', 2018 * ''The Art of Dying'', 2020 * ''A Corruption of Blood'', 2021 * ''Voices of the Dead'', 2023.

Personal life

She met her husband Chris Brookmyre in 1985 at Glasgow University on a walking trip organised by the University Catholic Chaplaincy Centre. They have one son (b.2000). She has a sister who lives in Australia. In 2023, she was reported as living in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haetzman, Marisa Living people 1968 births Alumni of the University of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal College of Anaesthetists Scottish anaesthetists Scottish crime fiction writers Scottish women novelists