Mira Harrison

Websitehttp://miraharrison.com

Dr Mira Harrison is a doctor-turned-writer, whose stories are based on her experience working in hospitals in Aotearoa and Britain. Her first work of fiction, Admissions, a collection of tales about women working in a public hospital, was published by Steele Roberts Aotearoa, in December 2018. A sequel, New Admissions: tales of life, death & love in the time of lockdown, was published in 2020.

Before becomign a writer, Mira followed a career in women’s health, medical research and pharmacovigilance (monitoring the safety of medicines). She was the first female president of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) and has written and edited two medical books: Medicines for Women and An Introduction to Pharmacovigilance. 

Mira lives in beautiful Otepoti, Dunedin, UNESCO City of Literature. She currently works part-time at Otago University, in the Department of Women's Health. She has completed her first novel and is currently working on a second, set in a hotel on the Otago Harbour in 2072. Mira is represented by Tom Cull of Cull and Co. Literary Agency (UK).

Genre:

  • Adult Fiction

Skills:

  • Academic Writing
  • Novelist
  • Short Story Writing
  • Textbook Writing

Branch:

Otago/Southland

Location:

Dunedin

Publications:

Medicines For Women

Medical text book, 627 pages long, published by Springer International (Switzerland) in 2015. A definitive and unique 19 chapter text on medicines, devices and vaccines used by women worldwide. This book is aimed at health professionals, students and an intelligent international lay readership. Available for on line purchase via the Springer website or via Amazon.com

An Introduction to Pharmacovigilance

Medical textbook, 170 pages long, published by Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, UK) in 2017. An introductory handbook to the field of medicines safety. This book is aimed at all new to pharmacovigilance, including students of pharmaceutical medicine and other heath care professionals. It is also perfect for those entering the pharmaceutical industry from non-health backgrounds and the interested lay person. Available for purchase via Wiley Blackwell or via Amazon.com

Admissions

A collection of eight fictional, linked tales about eight women working in a public hospital in southern Aotearoa.

Published by Steele Roberts Aotearoa, New Zealand, 2018.

Republished by Copy Press Books, Nelson, New Zealand, 2021.

 

New Admissions

A collection of four tales of life death and love in the time of lockdown.

Published by Copy Press Books, Nelson, New Zealand, 2020