Terri Cheney
Author · Lawyer · Advocate
Terri Cheney is an American author, former entertainment lawyer and mental-health advocate. She is best known for Manic: A Memoir and later books including The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar and Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual. Before turning to writing and advocacy, she worked as an entertainment lawyer representing clients including Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. [7]
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Career and work
Before becoming a full-time writer, Cheney worked as an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, representing clients including Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. She later left legal practice and shifted her focus toward writing and mental-health advocacy. [7]
Her memoir Manic became a New York Times bestseller and was translated into eight languages. She later published The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar and Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual. [8][7]
Cheney’s writing and commentary about bipolar disorder have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR and Psychology Today. [7]
What has been publicly discussed
“I had no vocabulary for what was wrong with me, because depression is one long, inarticulate howl.“
— Terri Cheney [3]
