Leora Tanenbaum

Leora Tanenbaum has recently completed her third book, Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality. It exposes the fact that millions of American Christian, Jewish, and Muslim women love their religion but are deeply troubled over their inferior status as women within their faith. Taking Back God will be published in late December 2008 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Leora's previous books are Catfight: Rivalries Among Women: From Diets to Dating, From the Boardroom to the Delivery Room, about the ways in which women often try to sabotage one another, and Slut! Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation, about girls labeled "sluts" by their peers (both HarperPerennial).

Catfight was an alternate selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club in 2003. Slut! is a staple in women's studies courses on college campuses around the United States. Internationally, her books are available in Germany, Turkey, Australia/New Zealand, and Greece.

In addition to books, Leora has written for Newsday, Seventeen, Ms., and The Nation, among many other publications. She has been featured in Redbook, The Washington Post, and The Forward, among many publications. She is quoted regularly in newspapers such as The New York Times, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today and in magazines ranging from CosmoGirl to Child. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Feminist Press.

Leora lectures widely at venues including the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Makor at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and campuses such as Stanford, Columbia, Duke, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Spelman College.

Leora regularly discusses girls' and women's issues on TV news and entertainment shows. She has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Inside Edition, The O’Reilly Factor, Politically Incorrect, and other programs. She is also proud to have been lampooned on CNN's Capitol Gang.

Leora lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. She enjoys leyning (chanting the words of the Torah in synagogue), listening to the Beatles, and being unspeakably silly with her children.