Biography:Kira Peikoff

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Short description: American novelist
Kira Peikoff
BornKira Lily Peikoff
(1985-05-21) May 21, 1985 (age 39)
OccupationNovelist, journalist
NationalityAmerican
EducationNew York University (BA)
Columbia University
PeriodLate 2000s–present
GenreThriller
Spouse
Matthew Seth Beilis (m. 2012)
Website
KiraPeikoff.com

Kira Lily Peikoff (/ˈpiːkɒf/; born May 21, 1985)[1][2] is a journalist and novelist, based in New York City .[3]

Personal life

Kira Peikoff was born to Objectivist scholar Leonard Peikoff and his then-wife Cynthia Pastor Peikoff, a psychotherapist in private practice.[2] She was named after the protagonist of Ayn Rand's We the Living.[4][5] She grew up in Irvine, California, being home-schooled[4] and then attending Woodbridge High School.[6] In 2007, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in journalism from New York University.[7]

Career

During her undergraduate internships, Peikoff wrote about Congressional politics for the Orange County Register[6][8] and about business and technology for Newsday.[9][10] She also researched feature stories for New York magazine[11] and wrote for the New York Daily News.[12]

After graduation, Peikoff worked as an editorial assistant for Henry Holt and Company and for Random House . Since 2013, she has worked as a freelance journalist on health and science, having written articles for The New York Times ,[13][14] Slate,[15] Salon,[16] Cosmopolitan,[17] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[18] Psychology Today[19] and The Hastings Center Report.[20]

When Peikoff was 13 years old, Gone with the Wind inspired her to become a novelist.[21] In 2008, Peikoff finished writing her debut novel, Living Proof,[6] having taken a year off after university to write it,[22] and in February 2012, it was published.[23] The book, inspired by her disgust toward President George W. Bush's opposition to stem-cell research,[6] is a dystopian thriller set in a future time when embryo destruction is legally considered first-degree murder and fertility clinics are severely regulated by the government. The novel received largely positive reviews, among them a mildly positive review by Publishers Weekly,[24] a mildly negative review by Kirkus Reviews,[23] and positive reviews by Suspense Magazine[25] and Mystery Scene magazine.[26]

No Time to Die, a second biomedical thriller by Peikoff, was published in September 2014, receiving mildly positive reviews by the Romantic Times[27] and NJ.com.[28]

Peikoff is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.[29]

She is also the editor-in-chief of the science publication Leaps.org.

Bibliography

  • Living Proof (2012)
  • No Time to Die (2014)
  • Die Again Tomorrow (2015)
  • Mother Knows Best (2019)

References

  1. ↑ "Kira Peikoff". Twitter. May 21, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kira Peikoff, Matthew Beilis". The New York Times. June 17, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "About the Author". Kira Peikoff. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ybarra, Michael J. (August 16, 1998). "Preserving the Fountainhead". http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/16/magazine/tm-13537/2. 
  5. ↑ "Could you define your reasons for choosing Kira as your daughter's name?". Leonard Peikoff. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lopez, Alicia. "Former Woodbridge student pens suspense novel". Orange County Register. August 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ Heller, Anne C. (2009), Ayn Rand and the World She Made, New York: Doubleday, p. 413, ISBN:978-0-385-51399-9, OCLC 229027437.
  8. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Law keeps eyes on sex criminals". Orange County Register. August 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Big savings for the nest". Newsday. February 23, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Gas retailers deny big profit". Newsday. May 1, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Israeli Egg Farming". New York. October 24, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Articles by Kira Peikoff". Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/authors?author=Kira%20Peikoff. 
  13. ↑ Brandom, Russell (December 30, 2013). "A Times reporter took three genetic tests and got three wildly different answers". Vox Media. https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/30/5258120/a-times-reporter-took-three-genetic-tests-and-got-three-wildly. 
  14. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Fearing Punishment for Bad Genes". The New York Times. April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Kira Peikoff". Slate. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Kira Peikoff". Salon. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Kira Peikoff". Hearst Corporation. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/author/1364/kira-peikoff/. 
  18. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Personhood vs. stem cell research". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 25, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Experts: Kira Peikoff". http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/kira-peikoff. 
  20. ↑ Peikoff, Kira. "Beware the Biomarkers for Criminal Behavior" . The Hastings Center Report. July/August 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Gives Voice to Those Who Have None: An Interview with Kira Peikoff". Suspense. February 2012. http://www.suspensemagazine.com/files/SM_February_2012.pdf. Retrieved November 24, 2014. 
  22. ↑ Petit, Zachary. "Important Writing Lessons From First-Time Novelists". Writer's Digest. January 7, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Living Proof". Kirkus Reviews. December 19, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Living Proof" . Publishers Weekly. December 12, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  25. ↑ Lignor, Amy (February 2012). "Suspense Magazine Review of "Living Proof" by Kira Peikoff". Suspense. http://www.suspensemagazine.com/files/SM_February_2012.pdf. Retrieved November 24, 2014. 
  26. ↑ Mack, Debbi. "Books: Living Proof by Kira Peikoff". KBS Communications. http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2395-living-proof. 
  27. ↑ Ayers, Jeff. "No time to die". http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/no-time-die-0. 
  28. ↑ Cutler, Jacqueline (November 23, 2014). "Montclair writer's thriller focuses on staying forever young". New Jersey On-Line. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2014/11/montclair_writers_thriller_focuses_on_staying_forever_young.html. 
  29. ↑ "Search Members Results". American Society of Journalists and Authors. Retrieved June 11, 2014.

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