Susannah Cahalan, author portrait
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Susannah Cahalan

Susannah Cahalan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire, which has sold over a million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her second book, The Great Pretender, was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s 2020 Science Book Prize. Her third book, The Acid Queen, a biography of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, a hidden voice of the American counterculture movement, was published by Viking in 2025. She has written for The New York Times, Vogue, Rolling Stone, AirMail, Oprah Magazine, and The New York Post, where she worked as a cub reporter. She lives in Rhode Island with her family.
The Acid Queen

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The Acid Queen

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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