Sheila Isenberg

Sheila Isenberg’s most recent book is a second edition of the groundbreaking Women Who Love Men Who Kill (Simon & Schuster 1991; Diversion Books October 2021). Other books are Muriel's War, a biography of American heiress and World War II heroine Muriel Gardiner, and A Hero of Our Own, a biography of Varian Fry published by Random House — named a notable book by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and featured by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is co-author with the late William M. Kunstler of My Life as a Radical Lawyer (Carol Publishing 1994), and collaborator with Tracey Brown on The Life and Times of Ron Brown (William Morrow 1998).

Sheila's books have been translated into several languages and she has appeared in documentaries and on multiple media platforms, including NPR, CNN, 20/20, Today, Good Morning America, plus in national and international publications.

Born in New York City, Sheila graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in English and attended the graduate school of Hunter College. A former reporter, press secretary, and college instructor, she is a member of PEN, the Authors’ Guild, and Women Writing Women’s Lives biographers’ seminar. Her numerous awards and grants include a fellowship from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.