Anna Benjamin David is an American journalist

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 and television personality specializing in relationship

Interpersonal relationship

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 and sex

Sex

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 advice

Advice (opinion)

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.

Career

Anna David is the author of the novels Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007), Bought (HarperCollins, 2009), and Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011) and the editor of the anthology Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010).

David is a professional member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and holds an Associate in Sex Education Certificate from The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.

David is also the Executive Editor of The Fix, a website dedicated to addiction and recovery.

Her memoir, Falling For Me, was released in 2011.

Television and radio

She was the sex and relationship expert on G4’s Attack of the Show for over three years and has been featured numerous times on The Today Show

The Today Show

Today is an iconic American morning news and talk show airing every morning on NBC. Debuting on January 14, 1952, it was the first of its genre on American television and in the world. The show is also the fourth-longest running American television series...

, Hannity

Hannity

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, Red Eye

Red eye

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 Fox News and CNN

CNN

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’s Showbiz Tonight

Showbiz Tonight

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, as well as on various other programs on Fox News, NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

, MSNBC

MSNBC

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...

, CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

, MTV News

MTV News

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, VH1

VH1

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 and E!

E!

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 — usually either doling out relationship advice, offering incisive cultural commentary or simply discussing the personal lives of celebrities.

Her Sirius radio show Sex Files was the network’s number-one specialty show, and Axe Body Spray, Date.com and Guthy-Renker

Guthy-Renker

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 are among the companies that have hired her for spokesperson jobs.

Contributor to:

• The Daily Beast
  The Daily Beast
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• Details
  Details (magazine)
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• Maxim
  Maxim (magazine)
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• Premiere
  Premiere (magazine)
  Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., published between the years 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première , was started in France in 1976 and is still being published there.-History:The magazine originally...
  
  
• Parenting
  Parenting (magazine)
  Launched in 1987 by Time Inc., Parenting is a magazine for families published in the United States. In February 2009, the magazine became two separate, age-targeted editions: Parenting Early Years, for moms of infants, toddlers and preschoolers; and Parenting School Years, for moms with kids in...
  
  
• People
  People (magazine)
  In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
  
   (full-time freelance)
• Us Weekly
  Us Weekly
  Us Weekly is a celebrity gossip magazine, founded in 1977 by The New York Times Company, who sold it in 1980. It was acquired by Wenner Media in 1986. The publication covers topics ranging from celebrity relationships to the latest trends in fashion, beauty, and entertainment...
  
   (contracted reporter)
• Razor (sex columnist)

Her celebrity cover stories, first-person essays, and reported pieces have appeared in:

• The New York Times
  The New York Times
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• The LA Times
• Vanity Fair
  Vanity Fair (magazine)
  Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
  
  
• Cosmo
  Cosmo
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• Redbook
  Redbook
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• Self
  Self (magazine)
  Self magazine is an American magazine for women that specializes in health, fitness, nutrition, beauty and happiness. Published by Condé Nast Publications 12 times a year, it has a circulation of 1,486,992 and a total audience of 5,541,000 readers, according to its corporate media kit. The...
  
  
• Stuff
  Stuff (magazine)
  Stuff is a men's magazine featuring reviews of consumer electronics, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience.- UK edition :...
  
  
• TV Guide
  TV Guide
  TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
  
  
• Movieline
• Women’s Health
• Ocean Drive
• Vegas
• Esquire UK
• Teen Vogue
  Teen Vogue
  Teen Vogue magazine began as a version of Vogue magazine for teenage girls. This US magazine focuses on fashion and celebrities and offers information about the latest entertainment and feature stories on current issues and events.- Description :...
  
  
• Variety
  Variety (magazine)
  Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
  
  
• LA Confidential
• Tatler
• Emmy

Literature

One of David's essays appeared in the Dutton anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (book)

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men is a 2007 anthology co-edited by novelists Melissa de la Cruz and Tom Dolby, comprising 28 personal essays about the subject...

(2007)

Her other works include:

• Party Girl, released May 2007 by HarperCollins
• Bought, released in paperback on May 19, 2009 by HarperCollins
• Reality Matters, released in 2010 by HarperCollins
• Falling For Me, released in 2011 by HarperCollins

External links

• Anna David's official site
• "Anna David Knows A Lot About Prostitutes" on LAist
• The Complex Lives of Escorts - The Daily Beast