Iris Krasnow

Iris Krasnow
• Best-Selling Author
• Journalist
Iris Krasnow was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. A
graduate of Stanford University, she became the fashion
writer for the Dallas Times Herald, then moved to United
Press International in Washington, D.C. to become the
national feature writer. In her several years at UPI, Krasnow
specialized in celebrity profiles, including Yoko Ono, Billy
Graham, Ted Kennedy, Normal Mailer and Queen Noor of
Jordan.
Iris is the author of Surrendering to Motherhood, the New
York Times bestseller Surrendering to Marriage, Surrendering
to Yourself, published by Miramax Books, I Am My Mother's Daughter (Basic Books) and The Secret
Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes To Stay Married (Gotham/Penguin Books.) Her
newest book, published by Gotham is: Sex After...Women Share How Intimacy Changes As Life
Changes.
Her writing has been featured in many national publications, including Parade, The Wall Street
Journal, The Washington Post and AARP The Magazine. Krasnow has been a guest on numerous
national television and radio programs including Oprah, Good Morning America, Today, All Things
Considered, and has been featured on CNN several times. Interviews with Krasnow, and reviews of her
work, have appeared in Time, O The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World
Report, and Redbook. She is a regular contributor to Huffington Post.
Iris is a longtime professor of journalism and women’s studies at American University, in Washington,
D.C. She is the wife of an architect and the mother of four sons, and is a frequent keynote speaker to
business groups and women’s organizations, focusing on work-family issues, sustaining intimate
relationships, and the life cycle of women.