The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand
Cover of the first edition
AuthorBarbara Branden
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAyn Rand
PublisherDoubleday & Company
Publication date
1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages442
ISBN0-385-19171-5
OCLC12614728

The Passion of Ayn Rand is a biography of Ayn Rand by writer and lecturer Barbara Branden, a former friend and business associate. Published by Doubleday in 1986, it was the first full-length biography of Rand and the basis for the 1999 film of the same name starring Helen Mirren as Rand.