Veronica Geng

Veronica Geng (1941 – December 24, 1997) was an American editor and writer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was raised in Philadelphia, and died in New York City of brain cancer.

She was an influential and acclaimed humorist and editor who typically wrote short stories and essays, the best of which generated humor that worked on more than one level.

Her work included satire and parody with allusions to both high culture and popular culture.

The Los Angeles Times recently called her "a brilliant contributor to the New Yorker and the quirky dark lady of Manhattan's literary scene, celebrated for her deadpan essays and revolving-door sex life." [Los Angeles Times Book Review, April 29, 2007, p. R4]

She attended the University of Pennsylvania, and wrote for "The New Yorker" from 1976 until 1992 and was an editor for that magazine, where she worked closely with "The New Yorker" writers such as Philip Roth, Frederick Barthelme, Milan Kundera, William Trevor, James McCourt, and Ian Frazier. She left because of disagreements with New Yorker editor Tina Brown. [Jennifer Senior, "Humor Came Her," "New York Magazine", 1999-05-10]

Collections of her writings are published in:

* "Love Trouble is My Business"
* "Partners"

* "Love Trouble", published posthumously, collects the two previous books and adds previously uncollected work.

In 2007 her brother, Steve Geng, published a memoir entitled "Thick as Thieves", which chronicled his relationship with his sister as well as his history of drug addiction, HIV, jail and osteonecrosis.

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