Daniel Smith (DSM-IV-TR 300.02: Generalized Anxiety Disorder) is an author, journalist, and editor.
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“I read Monkey Mind with admiration for its bravery and clarity. Daniel Smith’s anxiety is matched by a wonderful sense of the comic, and it is this which makes Monkey Mind not only a dark, pain-filled book but a hilariously funny one, too. I broke out into explosive laughter again and again.”
—Oliver Sacks, bestselling author of The Mind’s Eye and Musicophilia

“Monkey Mind does for anxiety what William Styron’s Darkness Visible did for depression.”
—Aaron T. Beck, father of cognitive therapy

“I don’t know Daniel Smith, but I do want to give him a hug. His book is so bracingly honest, so hilarious, so sharp, it’s clear there’s one thing he doesn’t have to be anxious about: Whether or not he’s a great writer.”
—A.J. Jacobs, author of Drop Dead Healthy and The Year of Living Biblically

“You don’t need a Jewish mother, or a profound sweating problem, to feel Daniel Smith’s pain in Monkey Mind. His memoir treats what must be the essential ailment of our time — anxiety — and it does so with wisdom, honesty, and the kind of belly laughs that can only come from troubles transformed.”
—Chad Harbach, author of The Art of Fielding

“Daniel Smith has written a wise, funny book, a great mix of startling memoir and fascinating medical and literary history, all of it delivered with humor and a true generosity of spirit. I only got anxious in the last part, when I worried the book would end. Of course, it did, but Smith’s hopeful last chapters helped me cope.”
—Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land and The Ask

“As a fellow sufferer, I balked at reading Monkey Mind, fearful that a book about anxiety might send me over the edge. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Daniel Smith maps the jagged contours of anxiety with such insight, humor, and compassion that the result is, oddly, calming. There are countless gems in these pages, including a fresh take on the psychopathology of chronic nail biting, an ill-fated ménage a trois—and the funniest perspiration scene since Albert Brooks’ sweaty performance in Broadcast News. Read this book. You have nothing to lose but your heart palpitations, and your Xanax habit.”
—Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss and Man Seeks God
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Author Appearances

What follows are all events planned for Monkey Mind from late October to the end of 2012. More events are planned for 2013; information will be added soon-ish.

If you are interested in booking me to speak at your next event, contact Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau. Phone: (866) 248-3049. Email: . Website: www.simonspeakers.com.

Oct. 24: Barnes & Noble—Park Slope, 267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. 7pm.

Oct. 25: Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel (in conversation with Dr. Dan Gottlieb of WHYY’s “Voices in the Family”), 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 7pm.

Nov. 4: San Diego Jewish Book Fair, Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Avenue, Cardiff By The Sea, CA. 4pm.

Nov. 11: Bank of America Festival of Arts, Books, and Culture, West 83rd St., 1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, NJ. 11:30am.

Nov. 15: Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Jewish Community Center Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI. 5pm.

Nov. 17: The College of New Rochelle Graduate School’s First Annual Symposium on Mental Health, “Innovative Practices in Mental Wellness,” Maura Ballroom, 29 Castle Pl., New Rochelle, NY. 9am.

Nov. 18: Miami Book Fair International, Miami, FL. Time and Location TK

Dec. 2: Congregation Sukkat Shalom, 1001 Central Ave., Wilmette, IL. 10:30am.

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