Flora Rheta Schreiber
Encyclopedia
Flora Rheta Schreiber an American
journalist
, was the author of the 1973 bestseller
Sybil
, the story of a woman (identified years later as Shirley Ardell Mason
) who suffered from dissociative identity disorder
.
Ms. Schreiber was an English instructor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
. Her earlier book was Your Child's Speech. Her last book The Shoemaker was the true story of a mass murderer who suffered from schizophrenia.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, was the author of the 1973 bestseller
Bestseller
A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and...
Sybil
Sybil (book)
Sybil is a 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett for dissociative identity disorder by her psychoanalyst, Cornelia B...
, the story of a woman (identified years later as Shirley Ardell Mason
Shirley Ardell Mason
Shirley Ardell Mason was an American psychiatric patient and commercial artist who was reputed to have multiple personality disorder. Her life was fictionalized in 1973 in the book Sybil, and two films of the same name were made in 1976 and 2007...
) who suffered from dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
.
Ms. Schreiber was an English instructor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States. The college offers programs in Forensic Science and Forensic...
. Her earlier book was Your Child's Speech. Her last book The Shoemaker was the true story of a mass murderer who suffered from schizophrenia.