In today's QueryTracker email is an interview and notification of Carolyn Kaufman's first book for writers, THE WRITER'S GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGY: How to Write Accurately About Psychological Disorders, Clinical Treatment and Human Behavior. It hits Borders bookshelves today - December 1, 2010.
How fortunate I am to have a great Borders bookstore right here. In fact, that's where our Writers Group meets.
This book, which I intend to gift to myself, is being praised by bestselling thriller writer and psychologist Jonathan Kellerman as "thoughtful, scholarly, comprehensive and a boon to writers aiming for accuracy when depicting the world of abnormal psychology and clinical treatment." Another bestselling author, Jilliane Hoffman, adds, "Every writer who even thinks about creating or explaining a character with a psychological disorder should have a copy on their desk, right next to their dictionary and thesaurus..." (which is where I will have my copy, BTW)
According to the article on QueryTracker, "Carolyn Kaufman's doctorate is in clinical psychology, and she is a former psychotherapist turned full-time psychology professor at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio. She is frequently consulted by journalists as an expert source, and her specializations are clinical/abnormal psychology and media psychology."
I know that I have often read her columns on QueryTracker and found them insightful and true in accordance with experiences and individuals I encountered during my career in the law enforcement/corrections field.
Even in the brief introduction provided in this morning's column the author talked about the differences in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic and psychopathic and errors made in television and fiction when trying to use these illnesses to describe characters.
This book will be a treasure trove for any writer who desires to write credible stories with characters of depth and validity.
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