Maia Szalavitz

Science journalist and co-author, with child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry, of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. In that book Perry’s clinical cases anchor the neurodevelopmental argument and Szalavitz serves as the journalist collaborator who shapes the material into narrative — the standard division of labor in their partnership where the physician supplies the cases and the writer supplies the prose.

Context: Maia Szalavitz is an American journalist who writes about neuroscience, addiction, and child development. Beyond co-authoring The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog with Bruce Perry, she is known for her own work on addiction, including Unbroken Brain.

Where this appears

• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog — credited co-author and science journalist working alongside lead author Bruce D. Perry.