Susan Jacoby

Susan Jacoby
Head-only portrait of a blond woman in her sixties wearing bright red lipstick
Jacoby in 2012
Born (1945-06-04) June 4, 1945 (age 79)
EducationMichigan State University
Occupationauthor
Notable workWild Justice, The Age of American Unreason, Alger Hiss and The Battle for History, Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
Websitewww.susanjacoby.co

Susan Jacoby (/əˈkbi/; born June 4, 1945)[1] is an American author. Her 2008 book about American anti-intellectualism, The Age of American Unreason, was a New York Times best seller. She is an atheist and a secularist. Jacoby graduated from Michigan State University in 1965. She lives in New York City.[2]

  1. ^ Barnet, Sylvan; Hugo Bedau (2008). Current Issues and Enduring Questions (8 ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford-St. Martin's. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-312-45986-4.
  2. ^ "Biography". PBS.org. May 14, 2004. Retrieved June 15, 2008.

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