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).
Biography
editKrasnow 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.
Bibliography
edit- Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul (IBKBooks, 1998)
- Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives, and Other Imperfections (Miramax, 2001)
- I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace With Mom – Before It's Too Late (Basic Books, 2007)
- The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married (Avery, 2012)
- Surrendering to Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate (IBKBooks, 2013)
- Sex After . . .: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes (Avery, 2015)
- Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty (Grand Central Publishing, 2020)
References
edit- ^ "Best Sellers" The New York Times, June 10, 2001
- ^ "Iris Krasnow's Sex After..." The New York Times, February 7, 2014
- ^ Online Discussion, "Making Marriage Work" Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Washingtonpost.com, June 21, 2002
- ^ "These 8 Books Could Save Your Marriage", HuffingtonPost.com, August 20, 2011
- ^ Radio Interview, The Lisa Oz Show, Oprah Radio
- ^ Radio Interview, Prime Time Radio, with Mike Cuthbert, AARP Radio, May 6, 2009
- ^ Radio Interview,CNN Saturday Morning News, with Judy Kuriansky, July 27, 2002
- ^ "I Dos and Don'ts", by Amy Dickinson, Time, April 23, 2001
- ^ "Love in the 21st Century: A Brief History of Bad Advice", by Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2001
- ^ "Faculty Profile", American University, Washington, D.C
- ^ "Professor's Passions Drive Her Writing", by Michael Wargo, SOC News, April 12, 2010
- ^ Iris Krasnow Speech Topics, The Harry Walker Agency
- ^ "2008 Women's Event" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, TX, Jan. 22, 2008
- ^ "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
- ^ "Weddings", The New York Times, March 13, 1988
External links
edit- Iris Krasnow - personal website
- 'Sex after...' author Iris Krasnow: 'Never TMI for me' - The Washington Post Magazine