Dr. Eva Hnizdo Jewish female doctor turned historical fictional novelist

On the Edge with April Mahoney

About the author I am a Jewish Czech, born in Prague in 1953. Whenever my family thought about emigration and decided against it, they made a mistake. Many of my relatives died in the concentration camps. My parents, after surviving the Holocaust, spent their lives under an oppressive communist regime. I studied medicine at Charles University in Prague and became a doctor. I was a refugee and obtained political asylum in the UK in 1986. I’m a retired general practitioner. I worked in the same surgery in Watford for 23 years, patients knew me as “ Doctor Heller” because nobody could pronounce my surname. During almost 40 years of working as a doctor, I had the privilege to see into my patients’ lives, their problems, and their solutions to those problems. I feel it is not a coincidence that many writers are medical doctors. They have many stories to tell. I am now retired and spend my time writing. My novel “Why Didn’t They Leave?” is being published on 28th September 2021