Charles Patterson

Patterson is an historian, editor, therapist, teacher and author of eleven books.

He grew up in New Britain, Connecticut and graduated from Kent School, Amherst College, the Episcopal Theological School, Columbia University (Ph.D.) and the Yad Vashem Institute for Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem.

He lives in New York City where he has taught courses in history, literature, and writing at New School University, Adelphi University, Metropolitan College and Hunter College, as well at several Manhattan private schools.

His book Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Russian and Japanese with Portuguese [Brazilian], Hungarian, Dutch and Greek translations on the way.

Patterson is a member of The Authors Guild, PEN and the National Writers Union.