Please answer the following question: Facts:   - residence: united states    - prizes: 1979 judith baskin offer prize    - known for: '' psychological study of destructive cult leaders from the rev. jim malignant jones to osama bin laden '' pied pipers of our time : a    - field: psychiatry , psychoanalysis      - work institution: dartmouth medical school    - birth date: 1941    - name: peter a. olsson    - citizenship: united states    - nationality: united states    - birth place: brooklyn , new york    - alma mater: university of vermont baylor college of medicine wheaton college   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter a. olsson .
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peter a. olsson -lrb- born 1941 , brooklyn , new york -rrb- is an american psychiatrist , psychoanalyst and author .he is author of the book , `` malignant pied pipers of our time : a psychological study of destructive cult leaders from rev. jim jones to osama bin laden '' .olsson won the 1979 judith baskin offer prize for his paper `` adolescent involvement with the supernatural and cults . ''