安東尼·斯托爾（Anthony Storr），英國首屈一指的心理學傢、精神病學傢和作傢；牛津大學研究員；英國皇傢內科醫學院、皇傢精神科醫學院和皇傢文學學會的資深會員。

斯托爾的研究領域涉及從性欲錯亂癥到人類的侵略性、從人類對於孤獨的需求到創造的衝動等諸多方麵。他接受瞭弗洛伊德的理論，同時深受榮格影響，但他沒有墨守成規，而是堅決拒絕職業中的教條主義，對已有的精神疾病劃分極不贊同。他專注於分析人類的負麵情緒，以富有創造力的理念治療相關疾病。

斯托爾的著作有：《榮格》（Jung）、《弗洛伊德》（Freud）、《丘吉爾的黑狗》（Churchill's Black Dog）、《人格的完整性》（The Integrity of the Personality）、《人類的破壞性》（Human Destructiveness）、《創作的原動力》（The Dynamics of Creation）、《音樂與心靈》（Music and Mind）、《精神治療的藝術》（The art of psychotherapy）以及《泥足》（Feet of Clay）。

Originally published in 1988, Anthony Storr's enlightening meditation on the creative individual's need for solitude has become a classic."Solitude" was seminal in challenging the established belief that "interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness." Indeed, most self-help literature still places relationships at the center of human existence. Lucid and lyrical, Storr's book cites numerous examples of brilliant scholars and artists -- from Beethoven and Kant to Anne Sexton and Beatrix Potter -- to demonstrate that solitude ranks alongside relationships in its impact on an individual's well-being and productivity, as well as on society's progress and health. But solitary activity is essential not only for geniuses, says Storr; the average person, too, is enriched by spending time alone.For fifteen years, readers have found inspiration and renewal in Storr's erudite, compassionate vision of human experience.