December 10, 2003.
Spend Christmas with me! As mentioned back on 10/14 (see below), I was interviewed last August by the BBC for a Discovery Channel documentary on the life of King Herod. Just learned that the hour long episode will air on Dec. 25 and Dec. 28 at 4PM Pacific time. Its title is: "King Herod: Madman or Murderer?" I expect it shall air again in January and February; when I know those dates I'll post them.

November 4, 2003.
Go here to read Kristi Turnquist's Oregonian interview with me on the poet Sylvia Plath.
I am also at work on the 2003 annotated bibliography of research in psychobiography. That should be uploaded some time next week, so check back then please.

October 17, 2003.
Yesterday I was interviewed by Kristi Turnquist, pop culture reporter for the Oregonian. Her article on my Plath research and on psychobiography more generally is set to run on or around October 23, 2003. Check it out if you live in Oregon! Or you can possibly get it on line at www.oregonian.com

October 14, 2003.
What's new??? LOTS. And I've been seriously tardy with updates. First, the Handbook of Psychobiography (Oxford University Press) is coming together, and should appear in print next year (2004).

I was also interviewed last August, 2003, by the BBC for a jointly produced BBC/Discovery Channel documentary on the life of the notorious King Herod, who ordered the slaughter of the innocent children of Bethleham. Herod is a puzzle. Not much is known of his life (the only true source being an account written by the first century historian Josephus). I did my best to provide a psychobiographical analysis. From what I hear, the segment should air some time in the next few months, on the Discovery Channel in the States.

I am quoted in the November issue of Psychology Today, for an article on the life of Sylvia Plath, timed to coincide with the appearance of a film called Sylvia, starring the apposite Gwynneth Paltrow.

Finally, I wrote the lyrics for four songs on jazz singer Mary Kadderly's new CD, Lucky Me. You can read more about that at her website, Mary Kadderly.com. It's good stuff! Order a copy and see for yourself.

April 21, 2003.
Just added a very nice account by Alan Elms of Rae Carlson's personality and her struggle to establish Personology in APA's "Personality and Social Psychology" division. Check "influential figures" link, at bottom.

April 4, 2003.
Not a lot happening on this webpage lately, I know. But that's because I'm writing like a demon, and haven't had time to update. Just finished three large chapters on Diane Arbus, Kathryn Harrison, and Sylvia Plath, plus an Intro to the Handbook (I'm writing my own book too, in addition to editing the Handbook). Anyway, the research takes all my energy and attention. Still, I do hope to add a few things in the near future, especially some early papers of mine, including (from Biography,1996) "An Orpheus Complex in Two Writers-of-Loss." The two writers are James Agee and Jack Kerouac.

January 24, 2003.
Posted a description of the Handbook of Psychobiography (Oxford University Press), along with its initial list of contributors and their subjects (from Elvis to George W. Bush!). You can read more here.

January 21, 2003.
Dan Ogilvie has passed along the sad news that Rae Carlson died on Monday, January 20. A terrible loss to the field of personology. Just the other day I quoted one of my favorite lines of hers: One can study persons in experimental situations, but one can't study personality experimentally. True when she wrote in, and true today. You can read more about Rae in the Personology link above. When you get there, click on "Personology Society meeting, 2002, Portland, Oregon."

January 7, 2003.
I am on the brink of signing a contract with Oxford University Press to edit a Handbook of Psychobiography. Extremely exciting news, to say the least. In the next few days, as I get more time, I'll upload some info about the Handbook, including a link describing how it shall be organized, when it should appear, who may contribute, and so on. My hope is that the Handbook's publication will serve, in time, as a benchmark in the field's continuing emergence. But of course, it is my job to see that that hope comes true! Check back soon for more.

October 4, 2002.
Added a little to the FAQ, on a question asked by one of the visitors to the site: What is the relationship between narrative psychology and psychobiography?

September 19, 2002.
I did add some pictures from the Society for Personology Conference, 2002. They can be seen at this link, at the bottom of the page.

September 17, 2002.
Added a bit in the Personology section, where the plan is to post synopses of the yearly Personology Society meetings. My first such effort can be seen there now. It concerns the Society's 2002 meeting in Portland, focused in part on the life and career of Rae Carlson. I also hope to upload pictures from that event at some point soon.

August 19, 2002.
Back from the steaming Atlantic coast where waves crash impossibly: just one wave, just one big flop. For the record: In the Hamptons a small box of Junior Mints goes for $1.15.

Here is an article on Wittgenstein's death fear that I wrote in 1997 in a shack while smoking cheap cigars--very Wittgensteinian, except for the cigar part. The essay appeared in 1998 in the Psychoanalytic Review.

July 22, 2002.
I leave Wednesday for Long Island. Back on August 6. Somewhere around the middle of August I plan to upload lots of new info, including additional papers of mine, a summary of the just concluded Society for Personology meeting held in Portland, Oregon, and even a number of photos from that same event. Hopefully, too, I can find time to write about the history of the Society and about Rae Carlson's tireless championing of the personology/psychobiography cause.

July 11, 2002.
The annual Personology Society meeting was just held in Portland, OR, from June 28-30. The proceedings began with an assessment of the life and career of Rae Carlson, in effect the founder of the Society; papers read and discussed were by Suzanne Ouellette and Bert Cohler (discussants Ruthellen Josselson and Todd Schultz). More on this event, on Rae Carlson, and on Personology will be coming soon in the Personology section of this webpage.

June 7, 2002.
New APA Press book on teaching and learning narrative research will be out soon! Editors are Dan McAdams, Ruthellen Josselson, and Amia Lieblich. For a sneak peek check out this link to an ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS. The book is a terrific addition to the field, full of exceptionally informative perspectives from the field's leading researchers. It should appear later on this year or else in early 2003. MUST READING!

May 24, 2002.
Added a pretty lengthy FAQ. It is linked on the bottom of the first page (the one with the six pictures of psychobiographers). Or else you can get to it by clicking here. Hope it serves some use.

May 17, 2002.
Added a link to Biography and History bibliography--check Annual Annotated Bibliography section for that.

Also added pretty pictures of seminal texts above! All four should be bought and read pronto by all fledgling psychobiographers!!!

Lastly, here's a link to an old interview with Alan Elms, on the heels of the release of his book "Uncovering Lives."

May 2, 2002.
New links to sites concerning Virginia Woolf, pianist Glenn Gould, and Alfred Hitchcock.

May 1, 2002.
Added 2001 book chapter on Oscar Wilde's prison epiphany to the Schultz Publications link. Still working on uploading Adobe versions of some of my other published essays on, among others, Jack Kerouac, James Agee, and the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Hoping to get that done pretty soon, though.

April 16, 2002.
Added another essay of mine to the link "Schultz Publications." It appeared in The Encyclopedia of Life Writing (2002), and is titled "Psychology and Life Writing." Should serve as a handy primer.

Also added a bibliography on Narrative Theory and Personal Identity to the Annual Annotated Bibliography link.

By the way, I'd love to hear from people who are using the site. Please let me know what you like and don't like--I'm a neophyte at this web business--and/or links you would like to see added. I'm open to suggestions. You can reach me via the "Contact Schultz" link.

April 13, 2002.
Added content to the last remaining link without content: Personology. I'm also happy to see that the site now appears when one searches at Google under "psychobiography." Should increase the traffic, and the spread of the information!

April 10, 2002.
Added current 2001 annotated bibliography of psychobiographical research to the annual annotated bibliography link. Quite exhaustive. The list of work keeps growing year after year. An auspicious fact, especially for those just entering the field. Is psychobiography becoming respectable???!!!

April 8, 2002.
Constantly updating. Keep checking back. Added papers on Dahl and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and on Capote and "Answered Prayers," to the Schultz Publications Link. Also added long annotated bibliographies of research in Psychobiography done in 1999 and 2000 to the Annual Annotated Bibliography link. Check, too, the Influential Figures section--added info on Henry Murray and a few others.

In the weeks to come, I hope to upload more papers of mine in their published form--actually, several papers I consider my best. That will require Adobe. Still working on figuring all the details out, yet should get the job done by May 1 at the latest.

March, 2002.
What's new is this website itself, which I started, along with my indispensable student helper Keri Kawazoe, in Winter of 2002. Personal interjection: If someone had told me even a month ago that I would know how to operate a website, I expect I should have estimated the probability of that happening as on a par with the probability of waking up a zebra. Thanks eternally Keri.

My aim with all this is twofold. First and foremost, I want to provide a quality resource for those interested in the field I adore: psychobiography. Within most links on this page, I will also make constant efforts to link outside sites full of additional information. I plan to choose these sites carefully. Again, the intent is to share quality work--mine and that of others. Hopefully, just by negotiating this site, and by clicking on its assorted links, those curious about the study of lives can find the best of what there is to know.

Second, I do want to use this site as a way of making my own writing more easily available. Thus the link Schultz Publications, which I shall be adding to almost daily till it reaches a state of temporary completion. Comments or questions about the work are welcome. I can be reached directly through the Contact Schultz link.

As of now--March 2002--the links Schultz Publications, Definitions, Influential Figures, and Annual Annotated Bibliography are at least partially operational--that is, they contain content. Check back from time to time for additions to the remaining links.

So, enjoy!