Brain on Fire

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
First edition hardback cover
AuthorSusannah Cahalan
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAnti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
GenreAutobiography
Published2012, Free Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages288 pages
ISBN9781451621372

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is a 2012 New York Times best-selling autobiography by New York Post writer Susannah Cahalan. The book details Cahalan's struggle with a rare form of encephalitis and her recovery.[1] It was first published on November 13, 2012, through Free Press in hardback, and was later reprinted in paperback by Simon & Schuster after the two companies merged.

  1. ^ Couric, Katie. "Brain on Fire: Susannah Cahalan's Medical Mystery". KatieCouric.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.