The Early Ayn Rand

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;[a] February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/aɪn/), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943...

Leonard Peikoff is a philosopher and the intellectual heir to Ayn Rand. He is best known for "The Early Ayn Rand," which explores her formative years and philosophical development. Peikoff is a leading authority on Objectivism.