About Delusional Madness by Kimberly K. Taylor
In the late nineteenth century, truth is a dangerous thing—especially for women deemed inconvenient.
When Cassie Alexander is committed to a secluded Ohio asylum, she expects confinement. What she does not expect is erasure. Stripped of her name, her voice, and her humanity, Cassie is reduced to a number—one more “case” hidden behind locked doors and clinical labels.
Inside the asylum’s cold stone walls, neglect masquerades as treatment, cruelty passes for discipline, and silence is enforced as obedience. The women imprisoned there are not monsters, nor madwomen—but daughters, wives, and sisters whose only crime was defiance, grief, poverty, or being unwanted.
As Cassie bears witness to the quiet suffering around her, she begins to understand the institution’s most terrifying truth: survival depends not on obedience, but on remembering who you are when everything insists you are nothing. Each whispered story, each stolen moment of defiance, becomes an act of resistance against a system designed to forget them.
Delusional Madness is a haunting work of historical fiction inspired by real 19th-century asylum practices. Gritty, emotional, and unflinching, it gives voice to those history tried to silence—and asks an unsettling question: Who decides what sanity looks like when power controls the narrative?
This is not a story meant to comfort.
It is a story meant to remember.
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Author Bio:
Kimberly K. Taylor is an author, educator, and mental health advocate from southern Ohio. She is best known for her historical fiction novel Delusional Madness, which explores the forgotten lives of women confined to nineteenth-century asylums. Drawing inspiration from extensive historical research as well as personal experiences with mental health advocacy, Kimberly is passionate about telling stories that give voice to those history tried to silence.
When she isn’t writing, Kimberly works in education, where she supports students with diverse learning needs and encourages empathy through literature. She enjoys reading, camping, traveling, and spending time with her family. Her writing often reflects her belief that stories can challenge stigma, spark understanding, and preserve truths that might otherwise be lost.