Who is Ayn Rand?

Ayn Rand was an American novelist and philosopher and the creator of Objectivism, which she called "a philosophy for living on earth."

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was an American novelist and philosopher, and the creator of Objectivism, which she called “a philosophy for living on earth.”

Rand’s most widely read novels are The Fountainhead, a story about an independent and uncompromising architect; and Atlas Shrugged, a story about the role of the mind in human life and about what happens to t…