The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes
The Minds of Billy Milligan is Daniel Keyes's non-fiction account, first published by Random House in the United States in October 1981. Milligan was the first person in the US cleared of a major crime on grounds of dissociative identity disorder. It inspired The Crowded Room (2023).
- Editions tracked
- 4
- First edition
- Random House, 1981
- First published
- Random House, 1981
The first edition of The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes was published in New York by Random House in 1981. We track 4 editions.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- The Crowded Room television series
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Ohio
- Characters
- Billy Milligay
In print
- Editions recorded
- 20 on Open Library, 5 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 8 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Minds of Billy Milligan?
The first edition of The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes was published in New York by Random House in 1981.
How many editions of The Minds of Billy Milligan are there?
We track 4 editions of The Minds of Billy Milligan, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has The Minds of Billy Milligan been adapted?
Yes, including The Crowded Room (television series), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Minds of Billy Milligan, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Minds of Billy Milligan, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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