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Jean Stein

Biography

Jean Stein

The longtime editor of Grand Street magazine and a former editor at The Paris Review, Jean Stein is the author of AMERICAN JOURNEY: The Times of Robert Kennedy, an oral history with interviews by Stein and edited by George Plimpton. She is also the author of EDIE: American Girl, which was edited with Plimpton. Originally from Los Angeles, Stein lives in New York City.

Jean Stein

Books by Jean Stein

West of Eden: An American Place
by Jean Stein - History, Nonfiction

Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book EDIE: American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol “superstar” Edie Sedgwick, which was edited with George Plimpton. Now, in WEST OF EDEN, she turns to Los Angeles, the city of her childhood. Stein vividly captures a mythic cast of characters: their ambitions and triumphs as well as their desolation and grief. These stories illuminate the bold aspirations of five larger-than-life individuals and their families.