David Reed the author?

Question

Last year I read a book called "Anna" by someone called "David Reed".
The book was about a woman with schizophrenia and it was a very good book, and I just searched the author but I can't find any more books by him. I understand that David Reed is not the author's real name...so does anybody know if this person has written any more books, or was it a one off?

Answer 1

I don't think anyone actually knows who wrote the book so you prob won't find out. This site has a few discussions where other people have tried to find out who he is...



http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1476120/J_2786992



This quote in particular..."Written in a combination of narrative prose and sentence-fragment journal style (which I found very choppy indeed) this is “David’s” story of his life with “Anna”. David Reed, not his real name, was apparently a published author in England at the time he wrote this book in 1976. For a time I thought maybe these characters might actually be Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath disguised, but then realized it couldn’t be. Still, I was curious about why the need to protect their identities in this way, so I decided to try to find out more about them on the internet. Since 30 years had past since Anna’s death, I thought perhaps now there would be more revelations available -- but I couldn’t find any. So either the children are still being protected from this truth, or Anna and David were really rather unremarkable otherwise."

Answer 2

I'm currently reading "Henry's Demons" by Patrick and Henry Cockburn which is a biography about a Henry's battle with schizophrenia. There is reference to this book by David Reed. Patrick mentions that David was the brother of his friend.

Answer 3

The author is Nigel Hamilton. The therapist referred to in the book is Leon Redler.