Dr.

Eric Berne is the author of Games People Play, the groundbreaking book in which he
introduces Games and Transactional Analysis to the world. According to Dr. Berne,
games are ritualistic transactions or behavior patterns between individuals that can
indicate hidden feelings or emotions. A runaway success, Games People Play spent more
than two years on the New York Times bestseller list in the mid 1960s longer than any
non-fiction book over the preceding decade. Games People Play and Transactional
Analysis have gone on to influence and inspire millions of people, including Thomas A.
Harris, author of Im OK Youre OK and Muriel James, author of Born to Win.
Five million copies later and nearly fifty years after it first debuted, Games People Play
remains popular and continues to sell across the world. It has been translated into almost
20 different languages, with millions of laypeople and trained psychotherapists
employing Dr. Bernes techniques.