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  Dr. Wilcox has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS and has spent over 20 years as a researcher studying the pharmacological and behavioral effects of drugs at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and then at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.  She has authored several manuscripts published in peer reviewed scientific journals and presented her research at international scientific meetings.  Dr. Wilcox’s research career has always combined her interests in pharmacology, psychology and neuroscience. Initially studying potential therapeutics to treat drug abuse behavior, the scope of her research changed to focused on studying the neurobiology of ADHD and treatment medications. Around this time Dr. Wilcox’s son was diagnosed with the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  When searching for books to help her as a parent, Dr. Wilcox realized there was a lack of information on the inattentive subtype of ADHD in boys.  Along

  San Juan Books is the hybrid division of MSI Press LLC. It allows first-time writers to become published in a traditional way through the reduction of risk by sharing publication costs. All other publishing features are traditional in nature, and most SJB authors go on to be offered traditional contracts for their subsequent books. SJB publications are available as paperback, hard cover, and e-book versions. SJB authors' books very much hold their own against their contemporaries in the traditional publishing division. Indeed, a number of them have outsold their traditional compatriots. Today, San Juan Books presents author Dr. Kristin Wilcox. Dr. Kristin Wilcox has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS and has spent over 20 years as a researcher studying the pharmacological and behavioral effects of drugs at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and then at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.  She has authore

MSI Press, Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox, authors of the award-winning  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , were guests recently on the See Me podcast. Link here to Apple Podcasts  See Me Podcast with Kristin and Andrew Wilcox  and Spotify  See Me Podcast with Kristin and Andrew Wilcox_Spotify . For more posts by and about Kristin and her book, click  HERE . Book Awards for  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain Literary Titan Gold Award winner Best Indie Book Award winner Readers' Favorite Book Aware Read more posts about the Kristin and Andrew Wilcox and their book  HERE . To purchase copies of this book at 25% discount, use code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore . Want to buy this book and not have to pay for it? Ask your local library to purchase and shelve it. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Tw

  WBAL , Baltimore's NBC station, recently interviewed Dr. Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox, authors of Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain. See both come alive on television as they talk about the content of their book and why the wrote it (click on the WBAL link). Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain comes alive in this interview. "Meet" both authors in their own home! Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain is featured in this month's MSI Press Newsletter., which will be distributed on Thursday, April 14. If you are not signed up for the newsletter, it is not too late to get this month's issue if you sign up today (literally). We do not send retroactive copies of the newsletter. For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their book, click HERE .                                          Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  One of the fun things that a publisher (or at least, an acquisitions editor) gets to experience is meeting more than one member of a family -- as authors whose work we publish. In this series of presenting family authors, we take note of Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox. Kristin (Dr. Wilcox) attacks the topic of ADHD from the point of view of a specialist in their award-winning book, Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain . Andrew, a remarkable young man with ADHD, describes what ADHD is lile on an everyday basis from the viewpoint of someone trying to handle life while coping with ADHD. Powerful! Best Indie Book Award Literary Tital Gold Award For more posts about Kristin and Andrew and their book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press

  Franki Bagdade, author of the award-winning book, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Liked Them , recently reviewed  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain  by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox. She writes: Kristen Wilcox and I have a few things in common. We are both authors who write about ADHD, our first books were both published by MSI Press and we are both parenting AWESOME kids with ADHD. I recently had the pleasure of reading  “Andrew’s Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain”  co-written by both Kristen and her son Andrew. This is THE book, I wish I had when I was a classroom teacher. This is THE book I wish I had back in 1985 when I was diagnosed. Read the rest of the review HERE . BOOK AWARDS Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain 2022 Literary Titan Gold Award winner 2022 Best Indie Book Award winner 2023 Readers' Favorite Book Award winner For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Foll

  Released this week: Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain by Dr. Kristin Wilcox with Andrew Wilcox. Available from the MSI Press webstore at 25% discount. Use code FF25. Change what you think you know about ADHD.  In this two-part book, Andrew, a child with inattentive-type ADHD, and his mom, Kristin Wilcox, Ph.D., each tell their story about living with the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  How do you survive life and middle school with an ADHD elephant in your brain? Kids with ADHD will relate to Andrew’s reactions to everyday and school-related situations, like remembering to turn in homework, staying organized, and making friends.  Using practical strategies Andrew learns to manage his ADHD even when his brain sometimes feels “like and overstuffed garbage can, the lid won’t stay on and garbage is falling out all over the floor”.  He even realizes there is a positive side to having ADHD like creativity, fearlessness and hyperfocus.  Dr. Wilcox’s unique perspective as bo

  MSI Press, Kristin Wilcox, author of the award-winning  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , regularly writes for  Psychology Today . Here is a recent contribution on a valuable topic: " The Nightly Challenge: Sleep Disorders in ADHD Children ." Description of Andrew's awesome Adventures with His  ADHD Brain: Change what you think you know about ADHD in boys. In this two-part book Andrew and his neuroscientist mom each tell their story about living with the inattentive subtype of ADHD. How do you survive life and middle school with an ADHD elephant in your brain? Kids with ADHD will relate to Andrew's reactions to everyday and school-related situations, like remembering to turn in homework, staying organized, and making friends. Using practical strategies Andrew learns to manage his ADHD even when his brain sometimes feels "like and overstuffed garbage can, the lid won't stay on and garbage is falling out all over the floor". He even r

  San Juan Books is the hybrid division of MSI Press LLC. It allows first-time writers to become published in a traditional way through the reduction of risk by sharing publication costs. All other publishing features are traditional in nature, and most SJB authors go on to be offered traditional contracts for their subsequent books. SJB publications are available as paperback, hard cover, and e-book versions. SJB authors' books very much hold their own against their contemporaries in the traditional publishing division. Indeed, a number of them have outsold their traditional compatriots. Today, San Juan Books presents author Andrew Wilcox. Andrew loves learning about anything space related, and dreams of a career at NASA or SpaceX. Andrew plays the trumpet in marching band and plays the piano.  He has his black belt in karate, is a sprinter on the track team, and enjoys skiing with family and friends.  Andrew loves to fix computers and other electronics. He has been making origami