Peter Kramer is the author of seven books, including Ordinarily Well, Against Depression, and Listening to Prozac. He hosted the nationally syndicated public radio program The Infinite Mind, and his essays, op-eds, and book reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and elsewhere. He is a clinical professor emeritus of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School. He is at work on a novel built around a psychotherapist’s encounter with an erratic, egotistical political leader.