Kendall has received national journalism awards from the National Mental Health Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association for the quality of his reporting on psychiatry. In addition to articles, he has written several books, including The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture and The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus. His newest book, America’s Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy that Built a Nation, published in June 2013, was described by Publishers Weekly as “a compelling look at how personality disorders can rule and ruin a life, and how those who come to terms with their constraints can achieve great things.” (rhbouchard)… (more)