Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby | |
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Jacoby in 2012 | |
| Born | June 4, 1945 Okemos, Michigan, U.D. |
| Education | Michigan State University |
| Occupation | author |
| Notable work | Wild Justice, The Age of American Unreason, Alger Hiss and The Battle for History, Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers |
| Website | www |
Susan Jacoby (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/; born June 4, 1945) is an American author. Her 2008 book about American anti-intellectualism, The Age of American Unreason, was a New York Times best seller. She is an atheist and a secularist. Jacoby graduated from Michigan State University in 1965. She lives in New York City.