Maggie Alderson
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Maggie Alderson is a London
-born Australian author, magazine editor and fashion journalist. She is the former editor of ES, the Evening Standard magazine (British Society of Magazine Editors, Editor of the Year, Colour Supplements 1989) and British Elle
magazines. In Australia, she was acting editor of Cleo
and editor of Mode.
In 1996 she joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a Senior Writer and for many years covered the fashion shows in Paris, Milan and London for the paper. Her weekly column, on a loose fashion and style theme, has appeared in Good Weekend (the Saturday magazine of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers) for over ten years. She has also had a similar column in The Times, in the UK.
On November 4, 2010, it was announced that Alderson's column would no longer be appearing in Good Weekend.
The internationally bestselling Girls Night In
"chick lit" anthology series she co-edited with author Jessica Adams and columnist Imogen Edwards-Jones
made millions for the charity War Child
.
She was co-editor, with Jessica Adams, Imogen Edwards-Jones and Kathy Lette, of In Bed With, a collection of erotic short stories written by leading female novelists (Fay Weldon, Joanne Harris, Ali Smith, Esther Freud, Justine Picardie, among others).
Maggie Alderson has an MA in Art History from the University of St Andrews.
She is married with one daughter.
London
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-born Australian author, magazine editor and fashion journalist. She is the former editor of ES, the Evening Standard magazine (British Society of Magazine Editors, Editor of the Year, Colour Supplements 1989) and British Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
magazines. In Australia, she was acting editor of Cleo
Cleo (magazine)
CLEO is an Australian, New Zealand, South African, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thailand and Indonesian women's magazine.Aimed at an older audience than the teenage-focused Dolly, the magazine is known for its CLEO Bachelor of the Year award....
and editor of Mode.
In 1996 she joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a Senior Writer and for many years covered the fashion shows in Paris, Milan and London for the paper. Her weekly column, on a loose fashion and style theme, has appeared in Good Weekend (the Saturday magazine of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers) for over ten years. She has also had a similar column in The Times, in the UK.
On November 4, 2010, it was announced that Alderson's column would no longer be appearing in Good Weekend.
The internationally bestselling Girls Night In
Girls Night In
Originally started in the UK, the Girls Night In collections gather together hip fiction for the twenty- and thirtysomething sets. The U.S. version collects 21 stories from such popular chick-lit authors as Meg Cabot, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Isabel Wolff, Anna Maxted, and Lisa Jewell...
"chick lit" anthology series she co-edited with author Jessica Adams and columnist Imogen Edwards-Jones
Imogen Edwards-Jones
-Work:Edwards-Jones is best known for the Babylon series of exposés based on her 2004 novel, Hotel Babylon from an insider's view of the non-stop world of the hotel staff and guests alike....
made millions for the charity War Child
War Child
War Child or Warchild may refer to:* Child soldiers, children who are used in war, as soldiers or in combat support* Military brat, military slang for a child or teenager of a military family* Refugee, children who are refugees of war...
.
She was co-editor, with Jessica Adams, Imogen Edwards-Jones and Kathy Lette, of In Bed With, a collection of erotic short stories written by leading female novelists (Fay Weldon, Joanne Harris, Ali Smith, Esther Freud, Justine Picardie, among others).
Maggie Alderson has an MA in Art History from the University of St Andrews.
She is married with one daughter.
Novels
- Pants on Fire (2000)
- Mad About the Boy (2002)
- Handbags and Gladrags (2004)
- Cents and Sensibility (2006)
- How to Break Your Own Heart (2008)
- Shall We Dance (2010)