Author

Anita Mishook

Anita Mishook received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. She continued as a psychologist, licensed in Illinois and then in California, for four decades, practicing under her professional name. During this period, she headed the Child Adolescent Mental Health Program in San Bernardino, until going into private practice. Her debut novel Helen tells the story of 1930’s California, where pro-Nazism took hold and led the Anti-Defamation League to spy on extremist individuals and organizations. Anita Mishook’s novel weaves this historical account into her own family’s true history.

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