Trisha Posner

Trisha Posner is a British non-fiction writer. She is the author of This is Not Your Mother's Menopause: One Woman's Natural Journey Through Change (2000), No Hormones, No Fear (2003)^[1] and The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story (2017).^[2][3] She also wrote under her full name, Patricia Posner. She lives in Miami.^[4]

Trisha Posner
Born	Patricia Denise Levene March 10th 1951 London, United Kingdom
Pen name	Patricia Posner
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	British
Genre	Non-fiction
Spouse	Gerald Posner
Website
trishaposner.com

Early life

Posner was born in London.^[4] She left school at age 16.^[4] She has spoken on how dyslexia affected her schooling.^{[5][independent source needed]}

After leaving the UK, she travelled to Ibiza and Majorca, doing odd jobs and modelling. She moved to New York in 1978.^[4]

She met and married Gerald Posner, who was then a lawyer. They went into journalism and writing together.^{[6][independent source needed]}

Writing career

Posner has worked on thirteen books of nonfiction with her husband, Gerald Posner.^[7] According to the St. Petersburg Times, she "works with him on his books and joins him in his interviews, but refuses co-author credit."^[8][9] She has also written articles and profiles for national magazines, including Salon, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Beast.^{[independent source needed]}

In 2000, she published her first solo book, a memoir about how she passed through menopause without using hormones, entitled This is Not Your Mother’s Menopause. A sequel, No Hormones, No Fear, was published in 2003.^{[10][independent source needed]}

From 2005 to 2007, she was a columnist for Miami's Ocean Drive magazine. She has also written for Be Healthy.^[11]

Posner and her husband worked together on her husband's first book, a biography of Josef Mengele. Posner learned of Victor Capesius and in 2017 wrote The Pharmacist of Auschwitz.^{[12][independent source needed]} The book received praise from Michael Granberry, Arts Critic for The Dallas Morning News, and was on The Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller list at number 6 on 21 January 2018.^[13] The book was translated into sixteen foreign languages and sold in various countries.^[14]

Other media

Posner has also been a commentator on television, appearing on NBC, MSNBC and FOX, regarding journalism careers.^{[15][independent source needed]}

In 2022 Posner appeared on Richard Helppie's Common Bridge podcast where she argued that the use of gender-neutral language in medical contexts "erases women" and expressed concern about transgender athletes and transgender people using bathrooms or dressing rooms corresponding to their gender identity.^{[4][16][independent source needed]}

Controversy

In 2007, she was at the center of a controversy, regarding whether a journalist could express an opinion opposed to that of her publisher on a public issue. According to the New York Post, she was "fired for civic activism."^{[17][independent source needed]} Her 2007 Wikinews interview sets forth the limits and risks for a journalist when it comes to disagreeing publicly with publishers.^{[18][19][independent source needed]} Her husband wrote about the controversy in The Huffington Post.^{[independent source needed]}

Personal life

In 2021 Posner was diagnosed with breast cancer.^[4] She is now in remission.^{[citation needed]}

Posner is Jewish and has spoken on the Antisemitism she faced in her childhood.^[6]

Books

• Posner, Trisha (2000). This is not your mother's menopause : one woman's natural journey through change (Uncorrected proof. ed.). New York: Villard Books. ISBN 978-0375503986.
• Posner, Trisha (2003). No hormones, no fear : a natural journey through menopause (Villard Books trade pbk. ed. ed.). New York: Villard Books. ISBN 9780812967555.
• Posner, Patricia (2017). The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story. Crux Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781909979406.^[20]