Look and Listen

Biography

Five years ago, while teaching English as a Second Language in Korea, I developed late onset schizophrenia. The first signs of schizophrenia usually manifest in one's teenage years or early twenties. My case, occurring when I was in my thirties, is something of a rarity. Another unusual aspect of my case is that I went a whole year in acute psychosis without help or treatment. And a very long, wild year it was... but now I've been stable for five years and am working and attending college. Everyone loves a happy ending, right?

Inspiration

I've always loved reading and writing, but never been able to stick with a story long enough for it to develop into a novel. My disorder and the experiences attendant to it solved that problem for me. Schizophrenia gave me something to write about!