Born in Russia, Sophie Dulesh obtained her medical degrees (MD, PhD, Dr Sci) at Moscow University Medical School and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. She worked for 27 years as a pathologist and medical researcher at the Academy before immigrating to Canada with her family in 1980, where she worked as a pathologist for another 23 years. Sophie is the author of two books and many articles on medical research in Russian, and has also written short stories and non-fiction books in English, including The Trouble with Religion and My Red Russia.
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