Lee Siegel

Lee Siegel (born 1957) is an American writer and cultural critic who has written for multiple publications. He has authored multiple books of nonfiction and received a National Magazine Award. Early life and career Siegel was born in The Bronx, New York. He received his BA from the Columbia University School of General Studies and his MA and MPhil from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He worked as an editor at The New Leader and ARTnews before turning to writing full-time in 1998. Siegel has been the book critic for The Nation, art critic for Slate, television critic for and senior editor of The New Republic, staff writer for Talk magazine, staff writer for Harper's, contributing writer for the Los Angeles Times Book Review, associate editor of Raritan, senior columnist for The Daily Beast, and weekly columnist for The New York Observer. He is a contributing editor of City Journal. In 2011 Siegel served as one of three judges for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award. Siegel has authored multiple books of nonfiction starting in 2006.