# Susannah Cahalan

> Susannah Cahalan is an American writer and author, known for writing the memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, about her hospitalization with a rare autoimmune disease, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Her second and third books, The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness and The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, were published in 2019 and 2025, respectively. She also works as a writer for the New York Post. Cahalan's work has raised awareness for her brain disease, making it more well-known.

*American journalist and writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/susannah-cahalan

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1985
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/scahalan (@scahalan)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5584882/ (@nm5584882)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.susannahcahalan.com/

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