Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics and the arts. He talks about the experience of facing down depression.

He’s lectured widely at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Stanford amongst others, and writes regularly for 'The New Yorker', 'Newsweek', and the 'Guardian'. His highly acclaimed international study of depression, 'The Noonday Demon' won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. 'Far from the Tree' his most recent book tells the stories of families raising exceptional children who not only learn to deal with their challenges, but also find profound meaning in doing so. 'Far from the Tree' received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; the J. Anthony Lukas Award; the Anisfield-Wolf Award; the Wellcome Book Prize; the Books for a Better Life Award of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; the Green Carnation Prize; the National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s Distinguished Achievement Award in Nonfiction; and the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction, among others.

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