interview with Authors Den writer Carlton Davis

Carlton Davis was born in Rochester, New York, one year prior to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He attended public schools in Corning, New York, and Lexington, Massachusetts, and preparatory school in Western Massachusetts before earning a Diploma in Architecture from the University of London and Masters of Architecture from Yale University.

It's during this time that Carlton Davis would discover, besides architecture, the many passions that would fuel his remarkable life: reading, writing, art, travel, and teaching. It’s also during this time that Davis would begin displaying symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, a powerful and debilitating mental disorder that, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, affects some 5.7 million American adults, or about 2.6 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year – with the median age of onset of 25 years.

With this mind, the LA Books Examiner highly recommends Bipolar Bare: My Life’s Journey with Mental Disorder, a memoir by Carlton Davis. An Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist, Bipolar Bare is the true story of Davis’ life-long battle with this disorder – from its rise, progression and, most importantly, its resolution.