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British non-fiction writer (born 1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trisha Posner is a British non-fiction writer. She is the author of This is Not Your Mother's Menopause: One Woman's Natural Journey Through Change (2000), No Hormones, No Fear (2003)[1] and The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story (2017).[2][3] She also wrote under her full name, Patricia Posner. She lives in Miami.[4]
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Trisha Posner | |
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Born | Patricia Denise Levene March 10th 1951 London, United Kingdom |
Pen name | Patricia Posner |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Spouse | Gerald Posner |
Website | |
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Posner was born in London.[4] She left school at age 16.[4] She has spoken on how dyslexia affected her schooling.[5][third-party source needed]
After leaving the UK, she travelled to Ibiza and Majorca, doing odd jobs and modelling. She moved to New York in 1978.[4]
She met and married Gerald Posner, who was then a lawyer. They went into journalism and writing together.[6][third-party source needed]
Posner has worked on thirteen books of nonfiction with her husband, Gerald Posner.[7] According to the St. Petersburg Times, she "works with him on his books and joins him in his interviews, but refuses co-author credit."[8][9] She has also written articles and profiles for national magazines, including Salon, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Beast.[third-party source needed]
In 2000, she published her first solo book, a memoir about how she passed through menopause without using hormones, entitled This is Not Your Mother’s Menopause. A sequel, No Hormones, No Fear, was published in 2003.[10][third-party source needed]
From 2005 to 2007, she was a columnist for Miami's Ocean Drive magazine. She has also written for Be Healthy.[11]
Posner and her husband worked together on her husband's first book, a biography of Josef Mengele. Posner learned of Victor Capesius and in 2017 wrote The Pharmacist of Auschwitz.[12][third-party source needed] The book received praise from Michael Granberry, Arts Critic for The Dallas Morning News, and was on The Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller list at number 6 on 21 January 2018.[13] The book was translated into sixteen foreign languages and sold in various countries.[14]
Posner has also been a commentator on television, appearing on NBC, MSNBC and FOX, regarding journalism careers.[15][third-party source needed]
In 2022 Posner appeared on Richard Helppie's Common Bridge podcast where she argued that the use of gender-neutral language in medical contexts "erases women" and expressed concern about transgender athletes and transgender people using bathrooms or dressing rooms corresponding to their gender identity.[4][16][third-party source needed]
In 2007, she was at the center of a controversy, regarding whether a journalist could express an opinion opposed to that of her publisher on a public issue. According to the New York Post, she was "fired for civic activism."[17][third-party source needed] Her 2007 Wikinews interview sets forth the limits and risks for a journalist when it comes to disagreeing publicly with publishers.[18][19][third-party source needed] Her husband wrote about the controversy in The Huffington Post.[third-party source needed]
In 2021 Posner was diagnosed with breast cancer.[4] She is now in remission.[citation needed]
Posner is Jewish and has spoken on the Antisemitism she faced in her childhood.[6] She runs a “No Antisemitism” Facebook page that monitors antisemitism incidents worldwide.[20][third-party source needed]
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