Pete Earley is a mental health advocate, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction books, including The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist Crazy: A Father\'s Search Through America\'s Mental Health Madness .
Earley lives in Northern Virginia and can be found online at PeteEarley.com..
He writes regularly for USA Today and the Washington Post about mental health issues.
He serves on the board of the Corporation for Supportive Housing, which finances projects to eliminate homelessness.
Congress to testify about the need for mental health reform, has spoken in 49 states, and addressed legislators in four foreign countries.
A former Washington Post reporter, Earley has appeared five times before the U.
S.
Pete Earley is a mental health advocate, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction books, including The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist Crazy: A Father\'s Search Through America\'s Mental Health Madness