Dr. Edward M. Hallowell is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist; a world-renowned keynote speaker; and the New York Times best-selling author or co-author of more than 20 books, including Driven to Distraction (with John J. Ratey, selling over a million copies), which sparked a revolution in our understanding of ADHD. A regular columnist for ADDitude magazine, he is also the host of the weekly podcast Distraction and chronicles advice and personal experiences of ADHD as viral “Ned Talks” on TikTok (171.6K followers, 1M likes). He is the founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and their three children.
