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Kurt Andersen

Biography

Kurt Andersen

Kurt Andersen is author of HEYDAY and TURN OF THE CENTURY, and frequently writes for New York and Vanity Fair. He is host and cocreator of the Peabody Award–winning public radio program "Studio 360." In 2006, he founded Very Short List, an email service for connoisseurs of culture who would never call themselves “connoisseurs.” He was cofounder of Spy magazine, and has been a columnist and critic for the New Yorker and Time. Andersen lives with his wife and daughters in Brooklyn.

Kurt Andersen

Books by Kurt Andersen

by Kurt Andersen - Fiction

Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968 --- an episode she’s managed to keep secret for more than 40 years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she’s about to let the world in on that shocking secret --- as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions.