Flora Rheta Schreiber

Who was Flora Rheta Schreiber?

Flora Rheta Schreiber, an American journalist, was the author of the 1973 bestseller Sybil, the story of a woman who suffered from dissociative identity disorder and had 16 different personalities.

Ms. Schreiber was an English instructor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for many years. She later wrote The Shoemaker, a book documenting the true story of a mass murderer who suffered from schizophrenia.

Schreiber's papers are housed in the Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections at John Jay College. The collection is comprehensive documentation of her life and career.