About the author
Susan Cain is an American writer and lecturer whose work examines introversion, temperament, and environments organized around constant sociability. She asks what schools and workplaces lose when speaking quickly is mistaken for thinking well.
Susan Cain separates introversion from shyness and examines temperament through psychology, neuroscience, family life, education, and work. She is interested in sensitivity to stimulation, preference for depth, and the costs of environments designed around constant group interaction.
Where to start
Start with Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Susan Cain investigates how the extrovert ideal shapes schools, workplaces, leadership, and the way people judge their own temperaments.