The Minds of Billy Milligan

1981 non-fiction novel by Daniel Keyes
0-3945-1943-4OCLC7574826

The Minds of Billy Milligan is a 1981 non-fiction novel by Hugo Award-winning author Daniel Keyes. It tells the story of Billy Milligan, the first person in U.S. history acquitted of a major crime by pleading dissociative identity disorder.[1]

A sequel, The Milligan Wars,[2] was published in Japan in 1994.

Awards

Won

  • 1986: Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Book by a Foreign Author[3]
  • 1993: Seiun Award for Non-Fiction of the Year[4]

Nominated

  • 1982: Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime[5]

Adaptation

The book inspired the 2023 Apple TV+ miniseries The Crowded Room, starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried.

References

  1. ^ "30 years later, multiple-personality case still fascinating". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. ^ Keyes, Daniel (1994-01-01). ビリー・ミリガンと23の棺 = The milligan wars (in Japanese). 東京: 早川書房. ISBN 4-15-207863-4.
  3. ^ "KLP 1986 Preisträger". kurd-lasswitz-preis. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. ^ "sfadb: Seiun Awards 1993". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  5. ^ "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database". www.theedgars.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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Daniel Keyes
Novels
  • Flowers for Algernon
  • The Minds of Billy Milligan
Adaptations
  • Charly (1968 film)
  • Charlie and Algernon (1978 musical)
  • Flowers for Algernon (2000 film)
  • The Crowded Room (2023 Tv Series)