Frank Tallis (born 1 September 1958) is an English author and

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, whose area of expertise is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He has written crime novels, including the collection of novels known as the ''Liebermann Papers'', for which he has received several awards, is an essayist, and – under the name of F.R. Tallis — has written

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. The ''Lieberman'' novels have been adapted by Stephen Thompson into the BBC TV series '' Vienna Blood'', which first aired in 2019.

Early life

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in northeast London and grew up in

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, a district characterised by ethnic diversity and social tensions, where he attended one of the former

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s, and describes his background as "100% Southern Italian". After he left school he initially lived an unsteady life, teaching piano and playing in a rock band. Then he married, and lived in the country for a while with his wife and their child. Caroline Sanderson
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Psychologist

After he and his wife divorced he earned a doctorate in psychology and worked for the British

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for a long time, taught

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and

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, and treated private patients. Tallis has been a full-time writer since the late 2000s and lives in London.

Writing

Tallis has published more than 30 articles in psychology and psychiatry journals.Frank Tallis's research while affiliated with Capio Nightingale Hospital and other places 1991–1999

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, accessed 27 January 2020. He has written four popular science books on psychology, drawing on anonymized

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from his therapeutic practice, including ''The Incurable Romantic and Other Unsettling Revelations'', in which he deals with the phenomenon of

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. Since 2005, Tallis has been writing crime novels, published under the rubric of the ''Liebermann Papers'' and set in Vienna around the beginning of the 20th century. The two main characters are Vienna police inspector Oskar Reinhardt and his friend and adviser, psychiatrist Max Liebermann, a student of

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and a regular guest at Freud's apartment at Berggasse 19, now the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

* 1990: ''How to Stop Worrying'', Sheldon (London), * 1992: ''Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions: A Self- Help Manual'', Sheldon (London), * 1994: ''Worrying: Perspectives on Theory, Assessment, and Treatment'' (co-editor with Graham C. Davey), Wiley (New York), * 1994: ''Coping with Schizophrenia'' (co-author with Steven Jones), Sheldon (London), * 1995: ''Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive and Neuropsychological Perspective'', Wiley (New York), * 1998: ''Changing Minds: The History of Psychotherapy as an Answer to Human Suffering'', Cassell (New York), * 2002: ''Hidden Minds: A History of the Unconscious'', Arcade Publishing (New York), * 2005: ''Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness,'' Da Capo Books, * 2015: ''The Sheldon Short Guide to Worry and Anxiety'', SPCK, * 2019: ''The Incurable Romantic and Other Unsettling Revelations'', Abacus, * 2020: ''The Act of Living: What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Finding Fulfillment'', Basic Books,

Crime fiction

Max Liebermann mysteries

* 2005: ''Mortal Mischief: (Liebermann Papers 1)'', Arrow Books, ; U.S. title: ''A Death in Vienna'', Random House, * 2006: ''Vienna Blood: (Liebermann Papers 2)'', Arrow Books, * 2008: ''Fatal Lies: (Liebermann Papers 3)'', Century, * 2009: ''Darkness Rising: (Liebermann Papers 4)'', Century, ; U.S. title: ''Vienna Secrets'', Random House, * 2010: ''Deadly Communion: (Liebermann Papers 5)'', Arrow Books, ; U.S. title: ''Vienna Twilight'', Random House, * 2011: ''Death and the Maiden: (Liebermann Papers 6)'', Arrow Books, * 2018: ''Mephisto Waltz'', Pegasus Books,

Horror fiction

Writing as F.R. Tallis

* 2014: ''The Voices'', Pan, * 2016: ''The Forbidden'', Pan, * 2017: ''The Sleep Room'', Pegasus Books, * 2017: ''The Passenger'', Pegasus Books,

Awards and nominations

* 1999: Writers' Award,

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, 1999 * 2000: New London Writers award,

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, for ''Killing Time''. * 2005: ''Mortal Mischief'' nominated for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award.Tallis, Frank
6 January 2020, Encyclopedia.com, accessed 27 January 2020. * 2007: ''Mortal Mischief'' nominated for the French Quais du Polar prize

References

External links

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