Francesco Aristide Ancona

Dr. Ancona holds two doctorates: D. Med. H. from Drew University, clinical practicum at Saint Barnabas Hospital, and Doctor of Arts from St. John's University. He has a B.A. and M.A. and has completed further postgraduate training in psychoanalysis at Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis/Centenary College. He also completed a McGraw Visiting Faculty Fellowship at Princeton University.

Dr. Ancona, now retired, was a professor for over 40 years, during which he taught courses in Dream Interpretation, Comparative Mythologies, psychoanalysis, and literature. He was honored with a faculty "legacy" award for career excellence. And was a cohost of a local TV show, "Profiles."

He has authored six scholarly books, including "Femina Sapiens: Women, the First Truly Human Beings"; "The Power of Dreams"; and "He Says/She Says Shakespeare"; as well as numerous articles published in the US, UK, and India. He has been cited for Teaching Excellence by New Jersey Council for Community Colleges; he is also a NISOD recipient. He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology and served multiple terms as a "distinguished scholar" speaker for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

His Inimitable Mysteries are exciting and mature homages to the mystery/suspense genres, a must read for any intelligent and open-minded individual who enjoys a challenging adventure.

Dr. Ancona was born and raised on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan, NYC. He is a proud veteran of the Vietnam-era and is married to artist Janet Ancona and now lives in Florida, where he teaches Enrichment Academy courses in psychoanalytical topics, hypnosis, interpretation of dreams, and mystery writing.