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After living in Chicago for a short time, Rand moved to Hollywood and began writing for the movie industry. She met an actor, [Frank O'Connor]?, by tripping him on purpose, and married him in 1929.
Rand released [The Night of January 16th]?, a play, in 1934, and published two commercially unsuccessful novels, [We The Living]? (1936), and Anthem? (1938).
Rand's first major success came with the best-selling novel, [The Fountainhead]? (1943).
In 1951 Rand met psychology student [Nathaniel Branden]?, who became Rand's first follower, and later a romantic partner, with the acceptance of their respective spouses.
Rand then wrote the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged (1957), also a best seller. Along with Branden, she launched the Objectivist movement to promote her philosophy of Objectivism.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Rand developed and promoted her Objectivist philosophy through non-fiction works.
Rand broke with Branden in 1968 amid accusations of infidelity.
She died March 6, 1982.