Susanna Kaysen
Born in 1948
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Susanna Kaysen is an American author best known for her memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was later adapted into a film.
Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kaysen spent 18 months at McLean Hospital as a teenager, where she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
This experience formed the basis of her memoir.
Kaysen comes from an accomplished family; her father was an economist and advisor to President Kennedy, and her mother was related to architect Richard Neutra.
Beyond her famous memoir, Kaysen has written other works, including a novel based on her time living in the Faroe Islands.
