Steven A. Carter
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Steven A. Carter is an American
author of non-fiction, self-help and humor.
A distinguished graduate of Cornell University
, member of the Quill and Dagger
society, past president of the Ho Nun De Kah honorary, and winner of the William K. Kennedy Dean's Prize for extraordinary academic achievement, Steven A. Carter also holds a Master's Degree in Education
and a Master's Degree in Psychology.
Steven Carter was born in New York City
and raised in New Hyde Park
, New York
. He is the author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times
bestseller
Men Who Can't Love (with co-author Julia Sokol) and seven other National Bestsellers. More than ten million copies of his books are in circulation worldwide. Carter coined the phrase "Commitmentphobia" in 1987 and is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the subjects of commitment, fear of commitment, attachment disorders, and narcissistic personality disorder
.
All of the above titles were co-authored with Julia Sokol.
Carter and Sokol's first book on commitmentphobia, Men Who Can't Love, was an instant bestseller after Carter's first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1987 (Carter appeared on the show five times between 1987 and 1997). Men Who Can't Love gained even more popularity when it was featured in the film When Harry Met Sally, and later, in the Julia Roberts
/Brad Pitt
/James Gandolfini
film The Mexican. The book has been translated into 25 languages, selling more than four million copies worldwide. Men Who Can't Love had its most recent on-screen appearance in the Katherine Heigl
/Gerard Butler
film The Ugly Truth (July 2009).
In the winter of 2007 What Smart Women Know was released in Brazil by Editora Sextante, the publishing company founded by brothers Marcos and Tomas Pereira. What Smart Women Know spent 110 weeks on Brazil's top-ten bestseller lists, at one point being the #2 selling book in all of Brazil. Men Like Women Who Like Themselves was released in mid-2008 and spent 45 weeks on Brazil's bestseller lists. The Brazilian edition of Men Who Can't Love was released by Editora Sextante in late 2009, followed by The Secrets of Smart Women in May 2010 and How to Make Love Work in September of 2011. Editora Sextante has sold over two million copies of these Carter/Sokol titles in Brazil since the first release. AvonBrasil (a division of Avon Products) has recently contracted with Editora Sextante to produce no less than five "Special Edition" Avon titles in the next three years. Editora Sextante is best known in Brazil for their publication of various works by Augusto Cury, the Dalai Lama and, most recently, Paulo Coelho. In September of 2011, Carter was an "Honored Guest" at the Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro.
Prior to beginning his career as an author, Steven Carter was the Director of Tennis at the world-renowned Little Dix Bay Hotel in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands http://www.littledixbay.com and Head Tennis Pro at the Dorado Beach Hotel (built by Laurance Rockefeller) in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico. It has been suggested that some of his early insights into relationships were formulated during these years, and his early work references this. He has also written extensively about the stages of growth he has experienced through almost twenty years of his own deeply personal work.
Steven Carter is currently the Dean of Administration at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He is also the resident Relationship Expert at the popular health site Power-Surge.com http://www.power-surge.com.
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author of non-fiction, self-help and humor.
A distinguished graduate of Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, member of the Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent collegiate societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones of Yale University...
society, past president of the Ho Nun De Kah honorary, and winner of the William K. Kennedy Dean's Prize for extraordinary academic achievement, Steven A. Carter also holds a Master's Degree in Education
Master of Education
The Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration. It is often conferred for educators advancing in...
and a Master's Degree in Psychology.
Steven Carter was born in New York City
New York City
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and raised in New Hyde Park
New Hyde Park, New York
New Hyde Park is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island.The population of the Village of New Hyde Park was 9,712 at the 2010 census...
, New York
New York
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. He is the author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
bestseller
New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...
Men Who Can't Love (with co-author Julia Sokol) and seven other National Bestsellers. More than ten million copies of his books are in circulation worldwide. Carter coined the phrase "Commitmentphobia" in 1987 and is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the subjects of commitment, fear of commitment, attachment disorders, and narcissistic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder is a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity...
.
Books and other writing
Steven Carter's most popular books include:- Men Who Can't Love (M.Evans & Co., 1987) ISBN 0-425-11170-9
- What Really Happens In Bed (M.Evans & Co., 1989) ISBN 0-87131-562-9
- What Smart Women Know (M.Evans & Co., 1990) ISBN 0-87131-906-3
- He's Scared, She's Scared (Delacorte, 1993) ISBN 0-440-50625-5
- Men Like Women Who Like Themselves (Delacorte, 1996) ISBN 0-440-50615-8
- Getting To Commitment (M.Evans & Co., 1998) ISBN 0-87131-869-5
- This Is How Love Works (M.Evans & Co., 2001) ISBN 0-87131-939-X
- Help! I'm In Love With A Narcissist (M.Evans & Co., 2005) ISBN 1-59077-077-3
- The Secrets of Self-Esteem (Editora Sextante, 2010) ISBN 978-85-7542-555-8
All of the above titles were co-authored with Julia Sokol.
Carter and Sokol's first book on commitmentphobia, Men Who Can't Love, was an instant bestseller after Carter's first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1987 (Carter appeared on the show five times between 1987 and 1997). Men Who Can't Love gained even more popularity when it was featured in the film When Harry Met Sally, and later, in the Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
/Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
/James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini
James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia...
film The Mexican. The book has been translated into 25 languages, selling more than four million copies worldwide. Men Who Can't Love had its most recent on-screen appearance in the Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl
Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
/Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
film The Ugly Truth (July 2009).
In the winter of 2007 What Smart Women Know was released in Brazil by Editora Sextante, the publishing company founded by brothers Marcos and Tomas Pereira. What Smart Women Know spent 110 weeks on Brazil's top-ten bestseller lists, at one point being the #2 selling book in all of Brazil. Men Like Women Who Like Themselves was released in mid-2008 and spent 45 weeks on Brazil's bestseller lists. The Brazilian edition of Men Who Can't Love was released by Editora Sextante in late 2009, followed by The Secrets of Smart Women in May 2010 and How to Make Love Work in September of 2011. Editora Sextante has sold over two million copies of these Carter/Sokol titles in Brazil since the first release. AvonBrasil (a division of Avon Products) has recently contracted with Editora Sextante to produce no less than five "Special Edition" Avon titles in the next three years. Editora Sextante is best known in Brazil for their publication of various works by Augusto Cury, the Dalai Lama and, most recently, Paulo Coelho. In September of 2011, Carter was an "Honored Guest" at the Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro.
Prior to beginning his career as an author, Steven Carter was the Director of Tennis at the world-renowned Little Dix Bay Hotel in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands http://www.littledixbay.com and Head Tennis Pro at the Dorado Beach Hotel (built by Laurance Rockefeller) in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico. It has been suggested that some of his early insights into relationships were formulated during these years, and his early work references this. He has also written extensively about the stages of growth he has experienced through almost twenty years of his own deeply personal work.
Steven Carter is currently the Dean of Administration at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He is also the resident Relationship Expert at the popular health site Power-Surge.com http://www.power-surge.com.
External links
- Los Angeles Times feature story on Steven Carter's new bestseller status in Brazil (2008)
- "Steven Carter, Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey in Brazil" (2009)
- Talking about 'commitmentphobia' with author Steven Carter (2009)
- "Sun Tzu, Dale Carnegie and Steven Carter dominate bestseller lists in South America" (2008)
- "Born-Again Bestseller: Author Steven Carter gets 15 more minutes of fame" (2008)
- "Brazil's Bestsellers Have A Distinct American Accent" (2009)
- Feature story, Papo Calcinha (2009)
- Feature story, Jornal Comunicacao (2011)
- Feature story, Bolsa de Muher: "Is this American author Brazil's next Chico Buarque?" (2011)
- Feature story, iG Magazine, Bienal do Livro, Rio de Janeiro (2011)
- Current news, O Globo, Steven Carter and Melina Dalboni talk at the 2011 Bienal do Livro, Rio de Janeiro (2011)
- Feature story, A.O.L. Daily Finance, Steven Carter, Anne Rice and Scott Turow at 2011 Bienal do Livro (2011)
- Feature story, Yahoo news, "President Rousseff Welcomes Steven Carter to Brazil's Bienal" (2011)
- Photos and commentary from Editora Sextante on Steven Carter's appearance at the 2011 Bienal do Livro, Rio de Janeiro (2011)