Books About Savant Syndrome

Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome
1988/2000/2006
Darold Treffert
iUniverse.inc
Lincoln, Nebraska

Fragments of Genius
1989
Michael Howe
Routledge
London

Musical Savants: Exceptional Skill in the Mentally Retarded
1989
Leon Miller
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Hillsdale, New Jersey

Bright Splinters of the Mind
2001
Beate Hermelin
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
London

Biographies About Specific Savants

Nadia: A Case of Extraordinary Drawing Ability in an Autistic Child
1977
Lorna Selfe
Academic Press
London

May’s Boy: An Incredible Story of Love
1981
Shirlee Monty
Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity
1995
Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
Blackwell Publishers
Oxford

The Real Rain Man: A Father’s Inspiring Account of Kim Peek
1996
Fran Peek
Harkness
Salt Lake City, Utah

The Life and Message of the Real Rain Man: Journey of a Mega-Savant
2007
Fran Peek
National Professional Resources
Port Chester, New York

The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe
1998
Cameron Lindsley
Free Press
New York

Some Kind of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony DeBlois
2005
Janice DeBlois and Antonia Felix
Rodale, Inc.
New York

In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini
2007
Adam Ockelford
Hutchinson
London

Autobiographical Books and Art Books by Individual Savants

Drawings
1987
Stephen Wiltshire
J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
London

Floating Cities
1991
Stephen Wiltshire
Summit Books
New York

Emergence Labeled Autistic
1986
Temple Grandin
Arena Press
Novato, California

Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from my Life with Autism
1996
Temple Grandin
Vintage Books
New York
Expanded Edition, 2006

Developing Talents: Careers for Invididuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
2004
Temple Grandin
Autism Asperger Publishing Co.
Shawnee Mission, Kansas

Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant
2006
Daniel Tammet
Hodder and Stoughton, London
Free Press, New York
(Foreword by Dr. Treffert)

Blackstock’s Collections: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant
2006
Gregory Blackstock
Princeton Architectural Press
New York
(foreword by Dr. Treffert)