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NSU Clinical Psychologist Publishes Thriller Novel
Leonard Schnur, Psy.D., associate clinical professor at NSU’s College of Psychology, has published his debut novel, Inexact Vengeance.
Inexact Vengeance is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Schnur, who also has a private practice in Plantation, has had the idea for the novel since 2001 and began working earnestly on the project soon after. By 2006, Schnur had completed about 100 pages of a draft before putting the manuscript aside for several years. He later returned to the book and completed it in 2013, at which time he began searching for a literary agent. After a long process, Schnur decided to go the route of self-publishing, both in print and digital. He used the pseudonym D.S. Leonard to separate his fiction from any academic writing and from his professional life as a psychologist.
In the novel, the protagonist is Nathan Stern, a South Florida-based psychologist who receives strange letters. Schnur said that in addition to telling a suspenseful story, he wanted to better educate and inform the public about psychology, therapy, and treatment, as well as to address relevant issues facing the practicing clinician.
“It was very important to have relevant information about psychology embedded in the book,” he said.
Now that the writing bug has hit him, Schnur is already at work on a sequel. He dedicates blocks of time to writing to maintain progress, but has no plans to turn to writing full time and will continue to balance it with training, teaching and private practice.
“I’m not yet ready to retire from professional practice or retire my character, Dr. Nathan Stern,” he said.
Inexact Vengeance is available in both print and digital editions from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.