About the Author

A board certified Emergency Physician, Irene B. Benator practices in the southeast and has already published a non-fiction title How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit. She wrote the screenplay adaptation for Schizo which won a Certificate of Merit in the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Screenwriting Competition, and was finalist in the Los Angeles United Film Festival Screenwriting Competition as well as the Peachtree Village International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. She grew up in New York, went to medical school in Chicago and now lives in Atlanta. When not working or being soccer mom to her two kids, she enjoys architectural photography, camping, skiing, and takes hikes in the mountains with her husband and black fluffy dog Daisy.

Reviews

Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight by Ilene Benator is the story of an ambitious future surgeon on his psychiatry rotation is assigned a patient who reveals to him information about an organized plot to control the population. His pursuit of the truth leads him to become a psychiatric patient in the same facility. Original, exceptional, deftly constructed, and consistently compelling, this is a novel that clearly presents it's author as an exceptionally gifted and skilled storyteller. While highly recommended for community library General Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight is also available in a Kindle format.--Children's Bookwatch (12/02/2016)

A realistically thrilling story of the hunter becoming the hunted. Ilene B. Benator cleverly mixes the clinical disciplines of medicine and psychology with the gripping emotional torture of schizophrenia.--Barry Abrams, television producer and audiobook narrator (11/22/2016)

Fans of medical thrillers and investigative pieces who appreciate a healthy degree of psychological inspection in their reading will find Schizo a compelling read written on the level of Robin Cook, packed with satisfying twists and solid attention to the details of interactions between psychiatrist and mental illness. [...] Highly recommended not just for thriller readers; but any who wanted One Few Over the Cuckoo's Nest to take the next step.--Midwest Book Review (11/22/2016)