(1964-) US novelist. He is the author of Less Than Zero 1985, a rites-of-passage novel dealing with the alienation of affluent youth; The Rules of Attraction 1987, about sex on a college campus; and the controversial American Psycho 1991, about a Wall Street psychopath, which vividly depicts the urban violence of contemporary American life.
(Henry)(1859-1939) English psychologist and writer of many works on the psychology of sex, including Studies in the Psychology of Sex (seven volumes) 1898–1928.
He trained as a physician, and was also a literary critic and essayist.