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Dr. Margaret Brisco

Born in Tri­este, Italy, Mar­garet Brisco grad­u­ated from Facolta di Med­i­c­ina e Chirur­gia in Padova, Italy. She prac­ticed obstet­rics and gyne­col­ogy in north­ern New Jer­sey for 35 years and was a pio­neer at a time when few women became physi­cians and even fewer under­took spe­cial­ties involv­ing surgery. Since her retire­ment from med­i­cine, she has devoted her­self to writing.

She has pub­lished Child­birth: A Unique Expe­ri­enceMeta­mor­phoses: The Sto­ries She May Tell, and Women in Tran­si­tion: I am a Wan­derer. Her sto­ries have been pub­lised in the Jour­nals of the LLL Insti­tute of Cald­well Col­lege, Cald­well, NJ and the Elder­hos­tel Insti­tute. She is a mem­ber of the NJ artist group, “The Write Group.” She has res­i­dences both in the U.S. and Italy, and is bi-lingual.