ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shelley Carson received her PhD in psychology from Harvard University, where she continues to teach, conduct research, and publish on the topics of creativity, psychopathology, and resilience. Her work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, CNN, and NPR, and she has won multiple teaching awards for her popular course “Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses, and Harvard Students.” She also writes the Life as Art blog for Psychology Today, and discusses current findings in creativity research on her Web site http://ShelleyCarson.com.