John Leonard was born on 25 February 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Sue Nessel and Christiana Morison. He died on 5 November 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Media and literary critic, book review editor at the New York Times
from 1969 to 1970, and book review editor from 1971 to 1976. From 1977
to 1983 he was NYT's cultural critic and wrote his "Private Lives"
column.