"Literary Thrillers: Building Empathy, as well as Suspense"
SHOW GUEST: Dennis Palumbo
Researchers at The New School in New York City have found evidence that literary fiction improves a reader's
capacity to understand what others are thinking and feeling. Dennis Palumbo's novels weaving together of his
clinical training at a psychiatric facility and his current experience in private practice treating the
Hollywood elite. His popular series of mystery thrillers include: Mirror Image, Fever Dream, Night Terrors
and his recently released Phantom Limb. Join us for a memorable interview with Dennis Palumbro and learn why
so much of the population enjoys thrillers, and how to identify the those that do us harm and ones that are
beneficial to the human psyche.
