Savan, Leslie

Leslie Savan wrote a column about advertising and commercial culture for <i>The Village Voice</i> for thirteen years. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1991, 1992, and 1997. Her writing has appeared in <i>Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, </i>and <i>Salon, </i>and she has been a commentator for National Public Radio. Savan is the author of <i>The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture. </i>She lives with her husband and son in New Jersey.