Pat Capponi

PAT CAPPONI is the author of several bestselling non-fiction titles, including Upstairs in the Crazy House, Dispatches from the Poverty Line and Beyond the Crazy House. Capponi made her acclaimed debut as a mystery write with Last Stop Sunnyside. Through her own struggles with mental illness, she has become one of Canada's leading mental health care advocates. She was awarded the Order of Ontario and received the C. M. Hincks Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association. Pat Capponi lives in Toronto.