Daphne Merkin

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Daphne Merkin (born May 30, 1954, in New York City) is a literary critic, essayist and author. She began her career as a book editor, with the publishing house of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. In 1997, after Tina Brown took over The New Yorker, Merkin became a film critic for the magazine. She also wrote extensively on books and became known for her frank and lyrical forays into autobiography; her personal essays tackled subjects ranging from her battle with depression, to her predilection for spanking, to the unacknowledged complexities of growing up rich on Park Avenue. In 2005, she joined The New York Times Magazine, as a contributing writer. She is the author of a novel, "Enchantment," (1984) as well as a collection of essays, "Dreaming of Hitler" (1997).

Merkin is a graduate of Barnard College. She married and divorced Michael Brod, and now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with her daughter, Zoe.

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