CFIDS writer Floyd Skloot “Discovered”

On March 3, Floyd Skloot was honored in New York City by Barnes & Noble as one of six finalists for the 2003 Discover Award, celebrating great writing by “new” writers. His book, In the Shadow of Memory, is a collection of essays about living with a disabled body and brain. Although he never uses the term “chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome,” it is the illness that has crippled his body and fractured his mind. His first book, written in 1996, is titled The Night-Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Illness Experience. Floyd’s essays about living with CFIDS have been published in numerous literary magazines and prestigious medical journals. He’s been featured in dozens of newspaper stories too. When not enjoying a rare moment in the spotlight, he lives and writes in a round house in the quiet woods of western Oregon. Read more about Floyd by visiting http://www.cfids.org/about/floyd.asp.

In the Shadow of Memory is available at barnesandnoble.com and through other on-line and retail booksellers. Reviews of the book and more about Floyd Skloot’s other publications can be found at www.home.earthlink.net/~skloot.