women medic literary types

Jade Goody?

Your Friend should have a look at medical forums, Science forums and medical intranets. Writers sites is another sure bet.

I knew Jo Brand was a psychiatric nurse, and wondered if she'd written anything in the literary sphere. Just had a look and, what do you know? -- "Her first novel, "Sorting Out Billy" was published by Headline Books in 2004 and her second, "It's Different for Girls" has just hit the shelves." I take it you mean fiction, so someone like Gina Ford wouldn't count?

I read that first one of Jo Brands. Bought it at an airport along with Janet Street Porters autobiography (I have nothing to offer in my defence exept perhaps pre holiday psychosis). It was really terrible. Literary with a small L?

I heard Jo Brand say she was rather embarrassed to have had a book published so easily (I think even she suspected it was crap). She said, she'd had no intention of writing a book until a publisher approached her and asked her to! Good grief. I've not read any of her books but was Patricia Cornwell a pathologist? ~ www.fabulousmother.com

Found another one. Lucilla Andrews. I do like a challenge to find stuff out, I have to say. http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1923979,00.html Even if non-fiction counts, I wouldn't bother with "Doctor" Gillian McKeith.

Danielle Hope: http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/city_fox_by_hope_danielle_i018293.aspx is a poet and a doctor. She not very famous but I think she's good.