Juliet Bressan

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Juliet Bressan is an Irish novelist and doctor who began her writing career as a medical journalist and then became an author. [1]

Her debut novel, Snow White Turtle Doves, is a love story set against the background of the anti-war movement and the 2003 Iraq war.[ citation needed ] Her second novel Entanglement was published in August 2009 and in August 2010 her third novel Dead Wicked was published. [2] She co-wrote What Women Know which was released in September 2010. [3]

Bressan acted in the TV-series The Clinic. [4] In 2008 and 2009, in 17 episodes she played the role of health professional advisor.

In 2019 Bressan was appointed Managing Partner at Temple Bar Medical Center in Dublin. [5]

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  2. ↑ "UPCOMING RELEASE: Dead Wicked". Trashionista.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "It was a dark and stormy night . . ". The Irish Times . 5 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Juliet Bressan". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dr Juliet Bressan » Temple Bar Medical Centre". Temple Bar Medical Centre. Retrieved 18 September 2022.


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