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Debbie Nathan

Debbie Nathan
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Debbie Nathan

Debbie Nathan was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She has been a journalist, editor and translator for almost three decades. She specializes in writing about immigration, the U.S.-Mexico border, sexual politics and sex panics, particularly in relation to women and children. Debbie is author and co-author of four books, including Sybil, Inc. She has been involved in translating two others into English — one from Spanish and the other from Latin American Yiddish. Her essays appear in several anthologies, and her work has been published in venues as varied as Redbook and The Nation, Ms. and Playboy, The Texas Observer and Social Text, The New York Times and... Read full bio

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Northbrook Patch, March 30, 2012
...info to place a hold today. Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan This captivating book documents the stories of the three women behind the famous multiple-personality-disorder case,...
New Yorker, December 31, 2011
...On a recent afternoon, about twenty writers gathered around a table to discuss logistics. A freelance journalist named Debbie Nathan said, “I’ve heard parts of the park were called ‘the ghetto.’ I’ve heard people say, ‘I slept in the library,...
New Yorker, December 28, 2011
...On a recent afternoon, about twenty writers gathered around a table to discuss logistics. A freelance journalist named Debbie Nathan said, “I’ve heard parts of the park were called ‘the ghetto.’ I’ve heard people say, ‘I slept in the library,...
Gazette.net, December 20, 2011
...a short and suspenseful thriller. 5) “Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case” by Debbie Nathan Fans of investigative journalism will love this true story about a woman with 16 different personalities. For...
Wicked Local Norwell, December 16, 2011
...Multiple Personality Disorder into sharp focus and psychiatrists began to diagnose more and more patients with it. Journalist Debbie Nathan has thoroughly researched the story of Shirley Mason, aka Sybil, and believes it was mostly fabricated -- the...
Oak Ridger, December 16, 2011
...Multiple Personality Disorder into sharp focus and psychiatrists began to diagnose more and more patients with it. Journalist Debbie Nathan has thoroughly researched the story of Shirley Mason, a.k.a. Sybil, and believes it was mostly fabricated -- the...
Huffington Post, December 15, 2011
...report on Dr. Spiegel in an article "A Girl Not Named Sybil" about the book Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan in the New York Times Magazine of October 16, 2011. After Ms. Nathan received many negative criticisms over her inaccuracies and fabrications in...
Rice University, February 9, 2012
...in the first class at Rice and kept a scrapbook of photos and documents. One of his granddaughters, Debbie Nathan of New York, heard there was a scrapbook tucked away in Rice's library and she couldn't wait to see it. She recently visited Houston with...
Georgia Straight, February 7, 2012
...the dispute over the validity of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is on the boil again. In October, author Debbie Nathan published Sybil Exposed, a book claiming to debunk the well-known story of Shirley Ardell Mason, whose multiple personality...
Alpena News, February 7, 2012
...City died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Rogers City. He is survived by his wife, Judy; four children, Debbie (Nathan) Funk of Hillman, Tammie (Brad) Schulwitz of Rogers City, Jackie (Eric) Sami of Alpena, and Doug (Amanda Male) of Alpena; 10 grandchildren;...
Christian Science Monitor | Chapter and Verse, October 21, 2011
...Debbie Nathan's book "Sybil Exposed" includes a letter from the real Sybil saying she had lied about her multiple personalities...
FrogenYozurt.Com - Literature & Entertainment, October 21, 2011
...do we really know about how  Sybil  came to be? In her news-breaking book  Sybil Exposed,  journalist Debbie Nathan gives proof that the allegedly true story was largely fabricated. The actual identity of Sybil (Shirley Mason) has been available for...
EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection, October 20, 2011
...to the interests of her psychiatrist. The book was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition today. Sybil Exposed Debbie Nathan Retail Price: $26.00 Kindle Edition: 320 pages Publisher: Free Press – (2011-10-18) ISBN / EAN: 143916827X / 9781439168271 The...
EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection, October 20, 2011
...to the interests of her psychiatrist. The book was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition today. Sybil Exposed Debbie Nathan Retail Price: $26.00 Kindle Edition: 320 pages Publisher: Free Press – (2011-10-18) ISBN / EAN: 143916827X / 9781439168271 The...