# Roy A. Childs, Jr.

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/people/roy-a-childs-jr>

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Roy A. Childs, Jr., was an essayist, lecturer, and critic. He first came to prominence in the libertarian movement with his 1969 “Open Letter to Ayn Rand,” and he quickly established himself as a major thinker within the libertarian tradition. Childs edited _Libertarian Review_ from 1977 to 1981 and was a Cato Institute scholar from 1982 to 1984. He wrote and edited hundreds of book reviews for Laissez Faire Books from 1984 until his death in 1992. Some of his essays were collected in _Liberty against Power_, published by Fox \& Wilkes.