Mary Beth Pfeiffer, a long-time journalist, is author of Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill, published in May 2007 by Carroll & Graf Publishers. An investigative reporter for the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal for more than 20 years, her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Newsday, Des Moines Register and elsewhere. She lives in upstate New York. Contact her at Marybeth@crazyinamerica.com or through www.crazyinamerica.com.