Barbara Branden Biography Barbara Branden is a writer and lecturer. She is known for her personal friendship (and subsequent break) with Ayn Rand, and is the author of The Passion of Ayn Rand (1986). Videos See More Barbara Branden on the 50th Anniversary of Atlas Shrugged Barbara Branden Barbara Branden on the Psychology of Ayn Rand Barbara Branden Barbara Branden: To Think or Not to Think? Barbara Branden