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Stephanie Foo

Biography

Stephanie Foo

Stephanie Foo is a writer and radio producer, most recently for "This American Life." Her work has aired on "Snap Judgment," "Reply All," "99% Invisible" and "Radiolab." A noted speaker and instructor, she has taught at Columbia University and has spoken at venues from Sundance Film Festival to the Missouri Department of Mental Health. She lives in New York City with her husband.

Stephanie Foo

Books by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
by Stephanie Foo - Memoir, Nonfiction

By age 30, Stephanie Foo had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at “This American Life” and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD --- a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. In WHAT MY BONES KNOW, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations.