Harrison, Mira: - Dr Mira Harrison has worked in hospitals, universities and government agencies in Aotearoa and Britain for almost thirty years. Mira followed a career in clinical obstetrics and gynaecology, women's health research and monitoring the safety of medicines. She has written and edited two medical books: Medicines for Women and An Introduction to Pharmacovigilance.Since 2001, Mira has lived in Otepoti, Dunedin, Unesco designated City of Literature, with her husband and two children. Shestill works in pharmacovigilance and medical ethics, but spends an increasing amount of time writing. Admissions is her first work of fiction.