Leora Tanenbaum

Leora Tanenbaum's newest book is Bad Shoes & The Women Who Love Them, a light-hearted wake-up call to women who love shoes to take care of their feet.

She is also the author of Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Counterpoint in paperback). It exposes the fact that millions of American Christian, Jewish, and Muslim women love their religion but are deeply troubled over their inferior status as women within their faith.

Leora's other books are Catfight: Rivalries Among Women: From Diets to Dating, From the Boardroom to the Delivery Room, about the ways in which women often try to sabotage one another, and Slut! Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation, about girls labeled "sluts" by their peers (both HarperPerennial).

Catfight was an alternate selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club. Slut! is a staple in women's and gender studies courses on college campuses around the United States. It was chosen by Ecosalon magazine as one of the 20 "must-read" books of all time for women. Internationally, her books are available in Germany, Turkey, Greece, and Australia/​New Zealand.

In addition to books, Leora has written for Newsday, Seventeen, Ms., and The Nation, among many other publications. She has been featured in Redbook, The Washington Post, and The Forward, among many publications. She is quoted regularly in newspapers such as The New York Times, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Feminist Press.

Leora lectures widely at venues including the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, the 92nd Street Y in New York City, the Brooklyn Book Festival, and campuses such as Stanford, Columbia, Duke, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Spelman College.

Leora regularly discusses girls' and women's issues on TV news and entertainment shows. She has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Inside Edition, The O’Reilly Factor, Politically Incorrect, and other programs. She is proud to have been lampooned on CNN's Capitol Gang.

Leora lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. She enjoys chuckling over crazy shoe trends (open-toe boots, anyone?), leyning (chanting the words of the Torah in synagogue), listening to the Beatles, and being unspeakably silly with her children.