Wendy K. Williamson

While studying at Virginia Tech, eight weeks before graduation, Wendy K. Williamson had her first manic episode; it was then she was diagnosed with bipolar type I. Her first book, a memoir, is called I'm Not Crazy Just Bipolar. She cowrote her second book, Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder, with Honora Rose.

Wendy writes for the Huffington Post and BPHope.com. She has written for the Two River Times and BP Magazine and has earned praise from Publishers Weekly and National Alliance on Mental Illness's The Advocate. The author is cofounder of The Red Bank Writers Group and resides in New Jersey, burning out laptops to stay sane.