The Literary Center at Margaret Mitchell House: Jennifer Burns, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right

Goddess of the Market follows novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand from her childhood in Russia through her meteoric rise from struggling Hollywood screenwriter to bestselling novelist, including the writing of her wildly successful The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

Jennifer Burns is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. She has published extensively on the history of conservative thought, and her podcasted lectures on American history have won a worldwide audience.