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Robert Whitaker is a science journalist and author. His most recent book was 'Mad in America'. In the past few years he has won various awards for his writing including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Books by Robert Whitaker

The Mapmaker's Wife

A remarkable 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival...

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Anatomy of an Epidemic

The award-winning author of Mad in America exposes the big lie behind the stunning rise in the number of disabled mentally ill Americans over the past fifty years.

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