[1] His mother, Helen (née Silberstein), was a concert singer, and his father, Erich Weidenreich, was a businessman.
Wyden attended the Goldschmidt School until he left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1937.
[2][3] After studying at City College of New York,[1] he served with the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Division in Europe during World War II.
[1][4] Wyden authored or coauthored nine books, and numerous articles that appeared in major magazines.
[5] His last book, published in 1998, was about schizophrenia; it was based on his personal experience as his son Jeff suffered from the mental disorder.