DR MIA Sperber is a medical doctor who studied and specialised in diagnostic radiology in Europe and the USA. She has written and edited several leading medical textbooks - one of her most recent, Radiologic Diagnosis of Chest Disease, 2nd edition, was published by Springer-Verlag in New York. She has also a great interest in history, philosophy and comparative religion, and has written books about such famous historical figures as Pythagoras, Dante Alighieri and Emperor Charlemagne of France, all currently serving as the basis for the production of major motion pictures and Television documentaries

Dr Sperber travels extensively, lecturing and working towards the worldwide introduction of medical advances. With an international background and speaking several languages, she also strives to convey a message of cross-cultural complicity, of universal sharing of dreams and hopes, and the unifying base in the philosophical and cultural principles of East and West.

Dr Sperber appears on television, participates as an invited speaker at many international conferences and is a member of the British Society of Authors and of the Medical Writers Group. A Belgian national, she currently lives with her family in London.