Kira Lily Peikoff (/ˈpiːkɒf/; born May 21, 1985)[1][2] is a journalist and novelist, based in New York City.

[7] During her undergraduate internships, Peikoff wrote about Congressional politics for the Orange County Register[6][8] and about business and technology for Newsday.

[12] After graduation, Peikoff worked as an editorial assistant for Henry Holt and Company and for Random House.

Since 2013, she has worked as a freelance journalist on health and science, having written articles for The New York Times,[13][14] Slate,[15] Salon,[16] Cosmopolitan,[17] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[18] Psychology Today[19] and The Hastings Center Report.

[23] The book, inspired by her disgust toward President George W. Bush's opposition to stem-cell research,[6] is a dystopian thriller set in a future time when embryo destruction is legally considered first-degree murder and fertility clinics are severely regulated by the government.