ILLUSTRATOR: Nadir Balan is an award-winning illustrator who has been working in the field for two decades. He learned the ropes at Marvel in 2002 and has since worked on a large variety of projects in many genres. He worked with Ray Harryhausen to relaunch the movie franchise ‘Clash of the Titans’ and ‘Wrath of the Titans.’ With Stan Lee and William Shatner, he won ‘Outstanding Book of The Year’ for his work on ‘God Woke.’ In addition to his art being featured in galleries, his paintings are in the permanent collection of the New Haven Museum where, as an avid history buff, gave lectures on painting techniques and World War I. His work has graced the covers of scientific and academic books ranging from medical to philosophical to theatrical. He recently worked on all three volumes of Dan Folger’s ‘Moon Lake’ and his comic book work is featured in Heavy Metal Magazine. In addition to illustrating the cover of the bestselling Big Book of Emergency Department Psychiatry: A Guide to Patient Centered Operational Improvement, CRC Press 2018, he also illustrated the cover and interior of the medical textbook Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in our New Normal, Routledge 2023. A true renaissance man, in his spare time Nadir moonlights as the Operations Director at an Ivy League university theatre. Whatever time he finds left he spends helping animals.Yener Balan, MD, DFAPA is a board-certified psychiatrist and is currently the Vice President of Behavioral Health and Specialty Services for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California. He provides health plan oversight and direction to the NCAL Behavioral Health Program and Specialty Services as they develop an integrated model of 21st century health care – investing in technology, people and research to drive market leading performance; engaging members and families in quality improvement efforts; implementing processes that focus on proactive intervention and prevention; and engaging with organizations in the community to help shape the growth, education, and training of the behavioral health and specialty services workforce. Yener received his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been recognized as a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Yener is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program and serves on the board of directors for Health Right 360. Yener has extensive years of experience working in high volume emergency departments, is an expert on hospital operations, healthcare business and management, and has given lectures and workshops worldwide. He is the bestselling author of the Big Book of Emergency Department Psychiatry: A Guide to Patient Centered Operational Improvement, CRC Press 2018, and his follow-up medical textbook Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in our New Normal, Routledge 2023.Duygu Balan, LPCC, LMHC, MS Ed, CCTP is a psychotherapist and certified trauma professional, and for over a decade has cared for individuals and couples dealing with childhood trauma, attachment injuries and grief. Duygu has extensive background in writing, studied at the Gotham Writers Workshop and Nina LaCour’s The Slow Novel Lab. She has contributed to the bestselling medical textbook Big Book of Emergency Department Psychiatry, CRC Press 2018, and authored her debut medical textbook Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in our New Normal, Routledge 2023.
