Kira Peikoff Explained

Kira Peikoff
Birth Name:Kira Lily Peikoff
Birth Date:21 May 1985
Occupation:Novelist, journalist
Nationality:American
Education:New York University (BA)
Columbia University
Period:Late 2000s–present
Genre:Thriller

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

Personal life

Kira Peikoff was born to Objectivist scholar Leonard Peikoff and his then-wife Cynthia Pastor Peikoff, a psychotherapist in private practice.[3] She was named after the protagonist of Ayn Rand's We the Living.[4] [5] She grew up in Irvine, California, being home-schooled 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[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, having taken a year off after university to write it,[22] and in February 2012, it was published. The book, inspired by her disgust toward President George W. Bush's opposition to stem-cell research, 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,[23] a mildly negative review by Kirkus Reviews,[24] 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

Notes and References

  1. https://twitter.com/KiraPeikoff/status/469175669646438400 "Kira Peikoff"
  2. http://www.kirapeikoff.com/author.html "About the Author"
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/fashion/weddings/kira-peikoff-matthew-beilis-weddings.html "Kira Peikoff, Matthew Beilis"
  4. Web site: Preserving the Fountainhead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116072737/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/16/magazine/tm-13537/2. dead. January 16, 2014. August 16, 1998. November 17, 2014. Los Angeles Times. Ybarra. Michael J..
  5. http://www.peikoff.com/2012/04/02/could-you-define-your-reasons-for-choosing-kira-as-your-daughters-name/ "Could you define your reasons for choosing Kira as your daughter's name?"
  6. 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,, 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. Web site: Articles by Kira Peikoff. November 30, 2014. Daily News.
  13. Web site: A Times reporter took three genetic tests and got three wildly different answers. December 30, 2013. November 17, 2014. The Verge. Vox Media. Brandom. Russell.
  14. Peikoff, Kira. "Fearing Punishment for Bad Genes". The New York Times. April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  15. http://www.slate.com/authors.kira_peikoff.html "Kira Peikoff"
  16. http://www.salon.com/writer/kira_peikoff/ "Kira Peikoff"
  17. Web site: Kira Peikoff. November 30, 2014. Cosmopolitan. Hearst Corporation.
  18. Peikoff, Kira. "Personhood vs. stem cell research". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 25, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  19. Web site: Experts: Kira Peikoff. November 17, 2014. Psychology Today.
  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. February 2012. Suspense. November 24, 2014.
  22. Petit, Zachary. "Important Writing Lessons From First-Time Novelists". Writer's Digest. January 7, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  23. http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2930-1 "Living Proof"
  24. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kira-peikoff/living-proof2/ "Living Proof"
  25. Suspense Magazine Review of "Living Proof" by Kira Peikoff. Lignor. Amy. February 2012. Suspense. November 24, 2014.
  26. Web site: Books: Living Proof by Kira Peikoff. November 24, 2014. Mystery Scene. KBS Communications. Mack. Debbi.
  27. Web site: No time to die. September 21, 2014. RT Book Reviews. Ayers. Jeff.
  28. Web site: Montclair writer's thriller focuses on staying forever young. November 23, 2014. November 30, 2014. NJ.com. New Jersey On-Line. Cutler. Jacqueline.
  29. http://www.asja.org/our-members/search-members/results-lastinit2.php?id_number=2843 "Search Members Results"

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