Explosive People

Tara Zahra

October 2025 Proposal in English Memoir, Popular Psychology

A scientific, historical, and personal exploration of IED, which is the medical term for Intermittent Explosive Disorder. It afflicts a much larger percentage of the population than one might imagine and largely goes undiagnosed. That said, you will immediately recognize people you know who suffer from the disorder. Tara’s father does, as does she. When she decided to start her own family, she decided to discover how much was hereditary, environmental, cultural, or caused by something else? This book will be the result—a combination of rigorous research, reporting, and memoir.