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Fredrik deBoer is a writer and academic. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Playboy, and Harper's among many others. His nonfiction books include The Cult of Smart (All Points Books, 2020) and How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement (Simon & Schuster, 2023). He holds a PhD in English with a concentration in writing assessment and higher education policy from Purdue University. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, his son Junho, and his cat Suavecito.
Praise for Fredrik deBoer “DeBoer stands out as the genuine article—deliberate, wide-ranging, lionhearted, and invariably worth reading.” —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction “The Mind Reels is that rarest of things: a novel that is genuinely important. DeBoer delivers truths about mental illness that many of us may find both surprising and haunting. That he does this in the context of a novel that is beautifully written, character-driven and pulsing with forward momentum makes it a real artistic achievement as well as an intellectual one.” —Adelle Waldman, author of Help Wanted ""[DeBoer] writes like a dream, has a relentless intellect, and is always, always worth reading.” —Andrew Sullivan “One of the most precise and harrowing depictions of mental illness I’ve ever read. This is a relentless, compassionate, and beautiful debut novel. I couldn’t look away.” —Andrew Martin, author of Cool for America
