Book rec! "Winter's End," by Lewis Cohen—essential reading on the end-of-life issues raised by a dementia diagnosis, focusing on one man's choice to exit on his own terms. Whatever you think of its ending, Dan Winter's life makes for a compelling tale.👍

Just finished "90 Seconds to Midnight," by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs—inspiring new bio of Nobel Peace Prize winner Setsuko Thurlow (née Nakamura), who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a girl and became one of the world's leading advocates for nuclear disarmament. Highly recommended!

UK paperback of Mapping the Darkness just dropped!!! Kudos to the team at Oneworld Publications for the gorgeous design. I am chuffed, as they say across the pond.

Excerpt alert! The new issue of Discover Magazine features a chunk of my book Mapping the Darkness, on one of the wildest experiments in sleep science history—Nathaniel Kleitman's 1938 sojourn in Mammoth Cave. Behind a paywall, but worth the price of a subscription. discovermagazine.com/magazine

This morning's view from my office window.

Found “Mapping the Darkness” in the wild at the Tucson Festival of Books!

Still can't quite believe it. Thanks to everyone who helped make Mapping the Darkness the #1 book in Sleep Medicine on Kindle this week!

First sighting of Mapping the Darkness in the wild—at The Book Jewel in LA, alongside the latest by fellow panelists
Mona Gable (Searching for Savanna) and Edward Humes (The Last Witness). Great fun gabbing with these fabulous writers. You really should read all of our books!

Thanks to my wonderful brother Peter Miller and sister-in-law Valerie Marcus for throwing the greatest book party in history for "Mapping the Darkness" in their NYC apartment. And thanks to all who came for making it a beautiful and memorable evening!

Lovely launch event last night for "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep," with custom-made cake and swag bags. Get in on the fun and see why NYT called this book "a propulsive, utterly engrossing history"! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kenne...

First box of books from Hachette!!! "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep," dropping Oct. 3 and available for preorder now. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kenne...

One week to the birth of my book baby!!! If you haven't preordered "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep," this would be a fabulous time to do so. The kid in the picture would appreciate it deeply. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kenne...

First copy of "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep" has arrived! Seven years of work condensed into a small, solid object that I can cradle next to my heart. As the ancestors would say: I'm kvelling.