The Mad Genius Stereotype: Fact or Merely Fiction?

The link between creativity and mental illness is pervasive in popular culture. But research remains controversial.

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The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World by Janice Kaplan

Become a Story Genius: How Your Character's Misbelief Drives Plot - WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

Everyday Utopia, Book by Kristen R. Ghodsee, Official Publisher Page

Understanding The Myth of the Tortured Creative Genius, by Emily Elia, Creative Cognition

Do Fictional Geniuses Hold Back Real Women?

The enduring myth of the mad genius

Joanna Russ, the Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No

All Men of Genius by Lev A.C. Rosen

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