Flora Rheta Schreiber (April 24, 1918 – November 3, 1988)Special Collections, database. 2020.
The Papers of Flora Rheta Schreiber 1916–1988
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. Retrieved 13 May 2020. was an American

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and the author of the 1973

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'' Sybil''. For many years, she was also an English instructor at

. Her bestselling book, ''Sybil'' (1973), tells the story of a woman (identified years later as Shirley Ardell Mason) who had a

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and allegedly 16 different personalities. The name Sybil Isabel Dorsett was used to cover Mason's identity, as she insisted on the protection of her privacy. Schreiber later wrote ''The Shoemaker,'' a book documenting the true story of

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, a serial killer who was diagnosed with

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. Schreiber's papers are housed in the Special Collections unit at

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Manuscript Collections
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. Retrieved 13 May 2020. The collection is a comprehensive documentation of her life and career.

Selected bibliography

* 1954. ''William Schuman'', coauthored with

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. New York: G. Schirmer. * 1956. ''Your Child's Speech: A Practical Guide for Parents for the First Five Years''. New York:

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. * 1973. ''Sybil''. Chicago: Regnery. * 1983. ''The Shoemaker: The Anatomy of a Psychotic.'' New York:

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References

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