Iris Krasnow

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Iris Krasnow (born 1954) is an American author, journalism professor, and speaker who specializes in relationships and personal growth. She is the author of Surrendering to Motherhood (1998), the New York Times bestseller Surrendering to Marriage (2002), [1] Surrendering to Yourself (2003), I Am My Mother's Daughter (2007), and The Secret Lives of Wives (2011). Krasnow's sixth book, Sex After...Women Share How Intimacy Changes As Life Changes, was published in February 2014. [2] Krasow's latest book is Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty. (2020).

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Biography

Krasnow has written for many national publications, including Parade, The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , [3] AARP The Magazine , and The Huffington Post . [4] She has been a guest on numerous national television and radio programs, including Oprah, [5] Good Morning America , AARP, [6] The Today Show , and All Things Considered , and she has been featured on CNN [7] several times. For several years she was the relationship correspondent for the Fox Morning News in Baltimore. Interviews with Krasnow, and reviews of her work, have appeared in Time, [8] O: The Oprah Magazine , Glamour, The New Yorker , The New York Times , [9] U.S. News & World Report , and Redbook . Krasnow is a journalism and women's studies professor at American University in Washington, D.C. [10] [11] She frequently speaks [12] on marriage, childrearing, and "female generational angst" to groups across the United States. [13]

Krasnow lives in Annapolis, Maryland, [14] with her husband, Charles E. Anthony, an architect, whom she married in 1988, [15] and their four sons.

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References

  1. ↑ "Best Sellers" The New York Times, June 10, 2001
  2. ↑ "Iris Krasnow's Sex After..." The New York Times, February 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Online Discussion, "Making Marriage Work" Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine , Washingtonpost.com, June 21, 2002
  4. ↑ "These 8 Books Could Save Your Marriage", HuffingtonPost.com, August 20, 2011
  5. ↑ Radio Interview, The Lisa Oz Show, Oprah Radio
  6. ↑ Radio Interview, Prime Time Radio, with Mike Cuthbert, AARP Radio, May 6, 2009
  7. ↑ Radio Interview,CNN Saturday Morning News, with Judy Kuriansky, July 27, 2002
  8. ↑ "I Dos and Don'ts", by Amy Dickinson, Time, April 23, 2001
  9. ↑ "Love in the 21st Century: A Brief History of Bad Advice", by Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2001
  10. ↑ "Faculty Profile", American University, Washington, D.C
  11. ↑ "Professor's Passions Drive Her Writing", by Michael Wargo, SOC News, April 12, 2010
  12. ↑ Iris Krasnow Speech Topics, The Harry Walker Agency
  13. ↑ "2008 Women's Event" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, TX, Jan. 22, 2008
  14. ↑ "Iris Krasnow's book, 'The Secret Lives of Wives,' looks at how long-lasting marriages survive," by Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post, October 21, 2011
  15. ↑ "Weddings", The New York Times, March 13, 1988
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