Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

<p>Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin is the author of <em>Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife</em><u>,</u> published by HarperCollins in 2007. Her new book about the back pain industry, <em>Crooked</em><u>,</u> will be published in April 2017.  She’s written for many national magazines on topics that include healthcare, neuroscience, business, public policy,  travel, art, design and culture.  A popular speaker, these days, she’s booking lectures that enlighten patients,  health care practitioners, corporations and medical facilities about how to manage back pain. Cathryn is married to Ron Ramin, a music composer. They have two adult sons, Avery and Oliver, and a Jack Russell-Daschundt mix dog named Dasch, after the punctuation mark, which he resembles. She divides her time between Northern California and New York City. Facebook: http://bit.ly/fbcrooked . Twitter: @cjramin </p>