Famous Authors with Bipolar Disorder

Quite of few of the names on this list were diagnosed posthumously. And from what I learned about the personalities of some of these writers in English class it is not surprising. A lot of these writers are the poster children for the tortured artist persona.

Authors
Andy Behrman, Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
John Clare, poet
Patricia Cornwell, American crime writer
Alan Garner, According to the Guardian, “In The Voice that Thunders
Graham Greene, Graham Greene: A Life in Letters
Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet
Ernest Hemingway
Marya Hornbacher, Madness
Patrick Kroupa
Jack London
Kate Millett, The Loony-Bin Trip
Seaneen Molloy, Northern Irish blogger
Robert Munsch
Edgar Allan Poe
Sidney Sheldon
Virginia Woolf