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Kira Lily Peikoff (born May 21,〔("Kira Peikoff" ). Twitter. May 21, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.〕 1985)〔 is a journalist and novelist, based in New York City.〔("About the Author" ). Kira Peikoff. Retrieved May 12, 2014.〕 == Personal life == Kira Peikoff was born to Objectivist scholar Leonard S. Peikoff and his then-wife Cynthia Pastor Peikoff, a psychotherapist in private practice.〔("Kira Peikoff, Matthew Beilis" ). ''The New York Times''. June 17, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014. 〕 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''.〔("Could you define your reasons for choosing Kira as your daughter's name?" ). Leonard Peikoff. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2014.〕 She grew up in Irvine, California, being home-schooled〔 and then attending Woodbridge High School.〔Lopez, Alicia. ("Former Woodbridge student pens suspense novel" ). ''Orange County Register''. August 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2014. 〕 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.〔Heller, Anne C. (2009), ''Ayn Rand and the World She Made'', New York: Doubleday, p. 413, ISBN 978-0-385-51399-9, OCLC (229027437 ).〕 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.〔("What Inspires Journalist and Thriller Author Kira Peikoff? Bioethics." ). Columbia University. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kira Peikoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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