Marisa Haetzman

She practised in Glasgow, London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen as a consultant anaesthetist.^[10][8][1]

She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.^[10]

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.^[10][6][11] The stories are set during the era following the discovery of chloroform by James Young Simpson.^[10][6][3]

Their collaborative pen name comes from Ambroise Paré, the 16th century French military surgeon.^[1]

• The Way of All Flesh, 2018^[7]
• The Art of Dying, 2020^[7]
• A Corruption of Blood, 2021^[3]
• Voices of the Dead, 2023.^[12]

She met her husband Chris Brookmyre in 1985 at Glasgow University on a walking trip organised by the University Catholic Chaplaincy Centre.^[8] They have one son (b.2000).^[11]

She has a sister who lives in Australia.^[8] In 2023, she was reported as living in Scotland.^[9]