Diane Straus

Diane Straus (October 23, 1951 – December 20, 2017) was an American magazine publisher and platform tennis player. She was the publisher of The American Prospect and Washington Monthly. She was an inductee of the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame.

Early life Straus was born on October 23, 1951, in Manhattan, New York City. Her father, R. Peter Straus, was the owner of radio station; he later remarried Monica Lewinsky's mother, making Lewinsky Diane's stepsister.

Career Straus was the publisher of The American Prospect. She was inducted into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame at the Platform Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame in Scarsdale, New York, in 2004.

Straus worked on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.

Personal life and death Straus married Carll Tucker, who founded The Daily Voice. They had two sons, Peter and David, and a daughter, Rebecca. They later divorced.

Straus died of cancer on December 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C., at age 66.