Kira Peikoff
| Kira Peikoff | |
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| Born | Kira Lily Peikoff May 21, 1985 |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
New York University (B.A.) Columbia University |
| Period | Late 2000s–present |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Spouse | Matthew Seth Beilis (m. 2012) |
| Website | |
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Kira Lily Peikoff (born May 21, 1985) is a journalist and novelist, based in New York City.
Kira Peikoff was born to Objectivist scholar Leonard S. Peikoff and his then-wife Cynthia Pastor Peikoff, a psychotherapist in private practice. Kira Peikoff is the ex-stepdaughter of her father's third ex-wife, Amy Lynn Peikoff. Through her father she is also related to Barbara Branden, who was her cousin once removed.
Kira Peikoff was named after the protagonist in Ayn Rand's We the Living. She grew up in Irvine, California, being home-schooled and then attending Woodbridge High School. Peikoff was raised with Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, but it was after having read Rand's Atlas Shrugged in college that Peikoff decided to embrace Objectivism for herself. In 2007, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Journalism from New York University.
At a ceremony in Laguna Beach, California, in June 2012, Peikoff married Matthew Seth Beilis, a musician, salesman and graduate of Columbia University. She continues to use her maiden name professionally. She lives in New York City with her husband and their dog.
Peikoff is currently studying for a Master of Science degree in Bioethics at Columbia University.
During her undergraduate Internships, Peikoff wrote about Congressional politics for the Orange County Register and about business and technology for Newsday. She also researched feature stories for New York magazine and wrote for the New York Daily News.
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