KATE WHITE

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. An in-demand speaker, she has given a variety of talks at corporations, women’s groups, and literary societies. The two most frequent speeches she gives are “The Four Secrets of Women Who Get What They Want” and “The Five Best Things I Learned at Cosmo.”

White began her career in the magazine business by winning Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women contest and appearing on the cover. She was an editorial assistant at Glamour and later became 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.

White has won many journalism and leadership awards, including the Matrix for outstanding achievement in communication and the Woodhall Institute award for Ethical Leadership. She appears frequently on television, including The Today Show. In addition to editing Cosmo, she is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bailey Weggins murder mystery series, including If Looks Could Kill, Over Her Dead Body, and most recently Lethally Blond. She is also the author of the best-selling career book Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead But Gutsy Girls Do, and You on Top: Smart Sexy Skills Every Woman Needs to Set the World on Fire, and 9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want. HarperCollins will publish her first stand-alone thriller, Hush, in March 2010.

White lives in New York City with her family.