Veronica Geng

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Veronica Geng (1941 – December 24, 1997) was an American writer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia and died in New York City of brain cancer.

She was an influential and acclaimed humorist and editor who typically wrote short stories and essays, the best of which generated humor that worked on more than one level.

Her work included satire and parody with allusions to both high culture and popular culture.

The Los Angeles Times recently called her "a brilliant contributor to the New Yorker and the quirky dark lady of Manhattan's literary scene, celebrated for her deadpan essays and revolving-door sex life."^[1]

She attended the University of Pennsylvania, and wrote for The New Yorker from 1976 until 1992 and was an editor for that magazine, where she worked closely with The New Yorker regulars such as Philip Roth and Ian Frazier. She left because of disagreements with New Yorker editor Tina Brown.

Collections of her writings are published in:

• Love Trouble is My Business
• Partners

• Love Trouble, published posthumously, collects the two previous books and adds previously uncollected work.

Interesting side note: Her brother, Steve Geng, has just published a memoir entitled Thick as Thieves, which chronicles his relationship with his sister.

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