Rebecca Goldstein
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About
An American fiction writer and philosopher, she wrote five novels, including The Dark Sister (1993) and Properties of Light (2000). She was the recipient of both a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Before Fame
After graduating from Barnard College, she earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Trivia
She received the National Jewish Book Award for her 1995 novel, Mazel.
Family Life
She was raised in White Plains, New York. She later married cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker.
Associated With
She studied under Thomas Nagel at Princeton University.