Background
Sifton, Elisabeth was born on January 13, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Reinhold and Ursula (Keppel-Compton) Niebuhr.
Sifton, Elisabeth was born on January 13, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Reinhold and Ursula (Keppel-Compton) Niebuhr.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960; postgraduate, U. Paris, 1960-1961.
Assistant to deputy assistant secretary of state, unites states department of State, Washington, 1961-1962; editorial assistant, associate editor, editor, senior editor, Frederick A. Praeger Publications, New York City, 1962-1968; editor, senior editor, editor-in-chief, The Viking Press, New York City, 1969-1983; vice president, public, Elisabeth Sifton Books, Viking Penguin, New York City, 1984-1987; executive vice president, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York City, 1987-1992; senior vice president, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, since 1993; public, Hill & Wang, since 1993.
Married Charles P. Sifton, 1962 (divorced 1984). Children: Peter Samuel, Charles Tobias, John Paul Gustav. Married Fritz R. Stern, 1996.