Valerie steiker biography

(Valerie Michele Steiker)

PERSONAL: Born c. 1969, in New York, NY; daughter of Jerome J. (an investment banker) and Gisele (Neiman) Steiker; married Matthew John Lane (a doctor), March 15, 2003.

Valerie Steiker grew up in New York City & attended Harvard College.

Valerie Steiker's writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Vogue, ARTnews, the Forward, and the New York Times Book Review.

PERSONAL: Born c.

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In this tender loving memoir, Valerie Steiker evokes a magical childhood on the Upper East side of New York with a woman whose own losses led her to delight.

Education:Harvard University, degree.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Pantheon, 1749 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

CAREER: Writer and editor. ArtForum magazine, editor; Vogue magazine, New York, NY, senior editor.

WRITINGS:

The Leopard Hat: A Daughter's Story (memoir), Pantheon Books (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor of articles to periodicals, including the New Yorker.

SIDELIGHTS: New York magazine editor Valerie Steiker is also the author of the 2002 memoir The Leopard Hat: A Daughter's Story.

In the book Steiker tells the story of her beautiful mother, Gisele, a Belgian Jew who hid from the Nazis during World War II and later moved to New York, where she met and married the author's father. This memoir also details the author's ow