Karen Horney (1885-1952) is one of the great figures in psychoanalysis, an independent thinker who dared to take issue with Freud's views on women. One of the first female medical students in Germany, and one of the first doctors in Berlin to undergo psychoanalytic training, she emigrated to the United States in 1932 and became a leading figure in American psychoanalysis. She wrote several important books, including Neurosis and Human Growth and Our Inner Conflicts. Horney was a brilliant psychologist of women, whose work anticipated current interest in the narcissistic personality.
Susan Quinn was born in Manchester but has travelled the world by way of South Africa and Australia. As a child her favourite place was Dymocks Bookstore in Sydney which was where her passion for books started.
After becoming a children’s librarian and returning to England, Susan had a number of plays and short stories published.
However, her dream was always to be a children’s writer and her first children’s book, ***Little Bear and the Butterflies***, was published by QED in 2014.
