Mary Eberstadt

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<p>Mary Eberstadt is an essayist, novelist, and author of several influential works of non-fiction, including <em>How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization; Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution; </em>and <em>Home-Alone America</em>. Her novel <em>The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life, Death, and Atheism</em>, has been adapted for stage and will premiere in fall 2016. She is also editor of the anthology <em>Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys.</em> </p><p>A frequent contributor to magazines and journals including TIME, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>National Review</em>, the <em>Weekly Standard</em>, and <em>First Things</em>, Mrs. Eberstadt (nee Tedeschi) has also served as an editor at <em>The Public Interest</em>, <em>The National Interest</em>, and <em>Policy Review</em>. She has been associated with various think tanks, including most recently the Hoover Institution and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In 2011, she founded a literary organization called the Kirkpatrick Society that has mentored hundreds of writers.</p><p>During the Reagan administration, Mrs. Eberstadt spent two years as a speechwriter to Secretary of State George Shultz.. She graduated <em>magna cum laude</em> from Cornell University with a double major in philosophy and government. She lives in the Washington, DC area.</p><p> </p>