CLAUDIA KALB, an award-winning journalist who reports on a wide variety of health and science topics, is known for combining serious reporting with engaging, accessible writing. A former senior writer at Newsweek who has contributed to Smithsonian and Scientific American, Kalb has penned hundreds of features on topics ranging from depression and PTSD to painkiller addiction and the surge in drugs used to treat ADHD. She is now a freelance writer and editor.
"[Author Claudia Kalb] fruitfully employs diverse sources,
including psychology studies and published biographies, to tell the
undeniably fascinating stories of her subjects. This is an
informative compilation and it's certain to provide readers with
fascinating stories to share about an array of famous
names."--Publishers Weekly "Kalb's well-written exercise in
applying modern psychiatric theory to historical figures, from
Marilyn Monroe to Albert Einstein to Charles Darwin, certainly
makes for some very entertaining armchair speculation." --Booklist,
starred review "With keen insight and a writerly flair, Claudia
Kalb, one of the nations's pre-eminent science journalists, has
written a book that is at once profound and a great deal of fun.
She takes us on an engrossing and original journey into the minds
(and, yes, the madnesses) of some of history's most intriguing
figures. Kalb explores nothing less than the mysteries of genius
and of individuality." --Jon Meacham, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author
of American Lion "A brilliant and fascinating journey into the
perils that so often accompany genius. Spell-binding." --Edward
Hallowell, M.D., co-author of Driven to Distraction
"With a sharp eye but forgiving, deep-seated sense of humanity,
Claudia Kalb takes us into the netherworld where emotions make (and
break) extraordinary figures from Marilyn Monroe to Albert
Einstein. Compelling, intriguing, surprising and fun." --Evan
Thomas, author of Richard Nixon: A Man Divided
"Claudia Kalb uses insights about the great men and women of
history to animate today's most gripping mental health headlines
... A wonderful book." --Robin Marantz Henig, New York Times
Magazine contributing writer and President, National Association of
Science Writers "Ms. Kalb...gently reframes the narratives of
seemingly familiar but quirky celebrities and raises important
questions to popular attitudes towards mental health."-Forbes.com
"Claudia Kalb provides compelling insight into the fine line
between mental illness and greatness and creativity that plagued
some of history's most celebrated icons." -Caroline Howe for
Dailymail.com
"While not a business book per se, her [Kalb's] work does have
relevance as more people are becoming aware of mental illness as a
workplace issue."-Harvard Business Review "...mixing celebrity
stories with a psychological analysis of their personalities... I
found this to be a great read." -Celebrity Books "Kalb doesn't just
look at the possible positive effect of mental illness on
creativity... She also examines the ways psychological disturbances
can tragically cut short creative endeavors."-BookPage
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