Jean Stein

Jean Babette Stein (born in 1934) is an American best-selling author and editor.

Biography

Stein was born in Los Angeles, California, United States to a famous wealthy family. Her father was Jules C. Stein, the founder of the Music Corporation of America [http://www.nndb.com/people/285/000100982/] and her mother was Doris Babette Jonas, founder of the Doris J. Stein Foundation and a distant relative of actor/ comedian George Jessel. [http://books.google.ca/books?id=6XCIqw48uSwC&pg=PA27&dq=]

Jean graduated from the Katharine Branson School and traveled and studied in Europe. She later attended the University of Paris (formely known as the Sorbonne) while staying at her Uncle David Stein's luxurious apartment close to Etoile. [http://books.google.com/books?id=0nZ93-IKIeoC&pg=PT289&dq=Jean+Stein+Sorbonne&sig=ACfU3U2NOdLEfTb-gT82rWOH5bwMtyINOg] In Paris, she was an editor for the Paris Review [http://books.google.com/books?id=0nZ93-IKIeoC&pg=PT302&dq=Jean+Stein+Paris+Review+Editor&sig=ACfU3U02Lfub7JVma36PUbeJp12KAERdQQ] but moved to Manhattan, New York City shortly after. During this time, Stein married and later divorced William vanden Heuvel, a wealthy attorney, diplomat, and author. They had a daughter in 1959 named Katrina vanden Heuvel, who is now the editor, publisher, and part owner of The Nation magazine. See also William Faulkner.

In the 1980s, Stein teamed up with well-known New York City writer George Plimpton and they wrote and edited the best selling books, "American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy" and "Edie: An American Biography," which was about the tragic life of socialite/ actress Edie Sedgwick. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6XCIqw48uSwC&pg=PP13&dq=Jean+Stein+george+Editor+Edie&sig=ACfU3U0LkKRN3-Th98DUOAjo6WjNNtKEZQ] Actress Sienna Miller cited Stein's book about Edie Segwick as her "Bible" when she was getting ready for the movie, Factory Girl. [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/factory-girl-sienna-miller-interview]

From 1990-2004, Jean was the editor for Grand Street. [http://books.google.com/books?id=4mBwBf-U-lQC&pg=PR18&dq=Jean+Stein+Grand+Street+Editor&sig=ACfU3U3kaBK1SAjdXcUfS_6OXNfCoimDtA]

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