Robert Kolker

Unforgettable The Times Grippingly told and brilliantly reported Mail on Sunday Startlingly intimate Sunday Times Fascinating Daily Mail Groundbreaking Evening Standard Exceptional and moving Spectator Hidden Valley Road, written by the bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker, is a fascinating and heart-wrenching account of an American family whose narrative magnificently weaves together scientific intrigue, meticulous reporting, and profound humanity. The...

"This is a triumph of reporting, and an absolutely compelling exploration of neuroscience and genetics. At its heart, though, it's a poignant, heartfelt story about family and how love sustains even in the most difficult circumstances. Like Kolker's other work, it is full of deep humanity. It's a beautiful book" Susan Orlean, bestselling author of The Orchid Thief From the...

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker is an astonishing true story of a family grappling with mental illness against the backdrop of breakthrough scientific research. Meet the Galvin family: Don and Mimi seemed to have the perfect post-World War II life in Colorado, blessed with twelve children born one after another between 1945 and 1965. However, extraordinary challenges lay beneath...