Biographies

Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"

Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller

About the Program

Anne Heller and Jennifer Burns present their biographies of author and noted libertarian, Ayn Rand.  Professor Burns focuses on Rand's intellectual allies and foes, and Ms. Heller researches the author's childhood and upbringing.  Anne Heller and Jennifer Burns discuss their books at the CATO Institute in Washington, DC.  The St. Louis Post Dispatch selected Goddess of the Market as one of their notable non-fiction titles of 2009.

About the Authors

Anne Heller

Anne Heller is the former executive editor of the magazine development group at Conde Nast Publications.  She was also the managing editor of the Antioch Review, news editor at Self, and fiction editor at Redbook and Esquire


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Jennifer Burns

Jennifer Burns is an assistant history professor at the University of Virginia.


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Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"

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  • Friday, January 1st at 11:15pm (ET)
  • Friday, January 1st at 11:15am (ET)
  • Saturday, November 14th at 8am (ET)
  • Sunday, November 8th at 6:45pm (ET)
  • Sunday, November 8th at 9am (ET)
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