About
Robin Cantor-Cooke has worked for more than thirty years as a writer, editor, audio and video scriptwriter, and producer of more than forty books and tape programs. She is coauthor of seven nonfiction books, including Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism (Future Horizons, 2017; Gold Medal, Independent Publisher Book Awards); One Less Thing to Worry About: Uncommon Wisdom for Common Anxieties (Ballantine, 2009); Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy (Ballantine, 2007), and Thriving with Heart Disease (Free Press, 2004), as well as ghostwriter of a #1 New York Times bestseller. She began her career as a stage actor and has worked with some of the biggest stars in show business, including Charlton Heston, Helen Hayes, Keith Carradine, Marlo Thomas, Mariette Hartley, George Burns, Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Jan Murray, and Red Buttons. Ms. Cantor-Cooke works as a literary consultant and adjunct instructor at William & Mary, and holds a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Featured Work
Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy To Treat Autism (with Robert J. Bernstein).
"The twenty-seven case histories in this book cover the full range of the autism spectrum. They vary from a smart, perfectionistic student to a nonverbal child with constant stimming. Parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum can all find one or two case histories that they really relate to. There is no complicated jargon in this book. The prose is conversational and easy to understand.
"Rob Bernstein tells the story of how he successfully worked with each individual. The ages range from a child of two years to older adults. Something I really like about this book is that busy parents and teachers can look through the cases and read only the ones that are similar to either their own child or a student at their school."
--Temple Grandin, Ph.D., from the Foreword
