Ayn Rand, a bold, Russian born woman who is well recognised with a long angular pipe between her fingers and her intense gaze, is as quoted by William R Thomas (Economic Lecturer at the University of Albany) Modern Americas most controversial individualists. Rand is a multitalented woman born in 1905 in Saint Petersburg, Russia whom during her great career became one of the most accomplished female American Philosopher, novelist, screenwriter and playwright of the 20th century. Rands non fiction works including Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are influential works on literature that explore her philosophies and political ideologies in which she developed her new style of philosophy and has become a great influence over modern day independent