Masha Gessen - Biography

Masha Gessen (born 13 January 1967) is an American journalist and author.

Born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Russia, in 1981 she moved with her family to the United States, returning in 1991 to Moscow where she lives now. Her brother is Keith Gessen.

She writes in both Russian and English, and has contributed to The New Republic, New Statesman, Granta and Slate. Gessen is the Russian correspondent for US News & World Report.

Books

• (a New York Times Notable Book of the year)
• (about Grigori Perelman)

• [1] at Bloomsbury Books author pages
• Review of Blood Matters, The Independent