Magazine Journalism
A.B. Lafayette College
M.F.A. Brooklyn College
Professor Brown has nearly 30 years' experience as both a writer and editor in magazines. She's worked on two start-up staffs—Wigwag and American Girl—as well as at magazines like Redbook and New York Woman, and writes for many nationals, including the New York Times Magazine, Elle, Vogue, Health, Glamour, and Parenting. Find her recent work in the New York Times science section, where she covers issues like food, eating, and body image. She's written op-eds for the New York Times and Chicago Tribune, and has read several of her essays on NPR.
Brown's books include Feed Me!: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image; Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love; The Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of a Day-Care Center; and Madison Walks. Her family memoir, Brave Girl Eating, based on a feature that ran in the New York Times Magazine, will be published in 2010.
Areas of expertise:
Eating disorders, food, eating, body image
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