Kate White is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, the best-selling women's magazine in the world. She also oversees Cosmopolitan.com, Cosmo Radio, and Cosmo Books. In addition to her work at Cosmo, she is the New York Times best-selling author of thrillers Hush and The Sixes, the Bailey Weggins mystery series (including If Looks Could Kill, Lethally Blonde, and her most recent book, So Pretty It Hurts), and popular career books for women. In Sweet Success: How to Get It, Go Big with It, and Savor It (HarperBusiness), White shares the secrets to her success in her standard straight-talking style. An in-demand speaker, she is perfect for corporate events, women's groups, distinguished lectures series, and literary societies.
Whether you're just starting out, switching jobs, getting back into your career after a mommy sabbatical, or even when you've woken up one morning and realize it's time to brilliantly reinvent what you do, White's Sweet Success presentations show audiences how to master the learning curve, make the right choices, and ultimately, achieve the next level of success. White discusses the bold moves she made that lead her to where she is today, like putting Lady Gaga on the cover of Cosmo when she first burst onto the scene, creating a sensation and a best-selling issue. White's talks combine no-nonsense advice, behind-the-scenes stories, and a truly unique perspective to help audiences get the most out of their careers.
White began her career in the magazine business by winning Glamour Magazine's Top Ten College Women contest, for which she appeared on the cover. She was an editorial assistant at Glamour before becoming a feature writer and columnist for the magazine. She went on to hold key jobs at several national magazines, and eventually was named editor-in-chief of Child and then Working Woman and McCall's. Before joining Cosmo, she was editor-in-chief of Redbook for four years. She is currently a monthly guest on the Today Show, and has done a regular turn on CBS This Morning as their Cosmopolitan advisor.
White lives in New York City with her family.
Praise for Kate White:
"Kate White gave a wonderful presentation to our audience of women in business and women business owners. Her advice and commentary speaks to all women regardless of the stage of life you are in. She was delightful and a pleasure to have in our city."
-- Suzanne Luker, Board Member, Women's Business Center, Inc.
Praise for The Sixes:
"The Sixes is a terrifying, psychological thriller that takes 'mean girls' to a whole new level of creepy. It's Kate White's best!"
-- Harlan Coben, author of Live Wire
"Kate White's newest standalone is scarily good - a riveting, psychologically complex tale of mean girls, with a dark twist. You won't be able to put it down. I loved this book!"
-- Lisa Scottoline, author of Save Me
"The Sixes has all the ingredients for a fantastic summer read: an elite private school, a secret society, and a band of terrifying mean girls. In Kate White's skillful hands, it's a story that simultaneously scares and entertains."
-- Alafair Burke, author of Long Gone
"Cosmo editor-in-chief White's prose - like a brisk walk through a tree-lined campus in autumn - is perfectly suited to the setting and tone of this stand-alone mystery thriller about mean girl games run amok... White (Hush) ratchets up the chills... Great pacing... make[s] this a worthy end-of-summer beach read."
-- Publishers Weekly
Praise for Hush:
"A real page-turner."
-- Today Show
"A sharp-edged thriller . . . Sexy suspense."
-- New York Daily News
"Murder and lust make for a page-turner."
-- Harper's Bazaar
"Dark, sexy, and smart, Hush is a pulse-pounding thriller that's both chilling and provocative. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop - or guess who or why - until the very end. A stunningly good read."
-- Linda Fairstein, author of Hell Gate
"Kate White delivers a top-notch, nail-biting thriller... Lake Warren's personal complications make her a compelling character, and the nonstop action leads to a deliciously scary conclusion."
-- Romantic Times
"Kate White places her wily heroine in a real jam, then keeps her, as well as readers, asking 'Whodunit?' right up till the gripping finale."
-- Sandra Brown, author of Rainwater
"In her first stand-alone thriller, White effectively blends mommy-lit issues with murder and suspense. . . . The mix of family pressures and murderous suspense makes this a page-turner."
-- Library Journal
"A stand-alone thriller that generates a real sense of jeopardy while avoiding clichés... A subplot about the clinic's questionable practices adds to the tension, but doesn't detract from the main plot with its myriad twists."
-- Publishers Weekly
"A nerve-jangling adrenaline rush! From the first sentence to the last, Kate White catapults you into a tense vortex of deceit, danger, and double-crosses, where one wrong word is all it takes to lose everything. When in doubt, hush..."
-- Lisa Gardner, author of The Neighbor