Daniel Keyes is a famous American writer and researcher of the depths of the human mind—one who managed, like no one else, to uncover for the reader the mysteries of identity and psychology. “Flowers for Algernon, Charlie and Me” is the story of his life, his creative path, and the origin of characters who are now known all over the world. An absorbing journey of a writer who started out as a student of a medical school and faced countless obstacles standing between him and a literary career—captivates from the very first lines. In this novel, everyone will be able to learn what life impressions, acquaintances, coincidences, and accidents ultimately led Keyes to create one of the most famous novels of the twentieth century, “Flowers for Algernon.” Long years of reflection and work brought Daniel Keyes to the creation of those cult novels that literally everyone in the world knows today. “Flowers for Algernon, Charlie and Me” is, above all, the story of the making of the famous “Flowers for Algernon.” The writer had to endure anxieties, failures, publishers’ rejections—and finally, triumph. What drove Keyes to become a writer? What obstacles stood in his way? And how did a truly brilliant, beloved by all book come to be? He tells about it sincerely and extremely engagingly.