Linda Kelsey (born 15 April 1952) is a British journalist and author, and a former editor of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan.[1]
Early life edit
Kelsey was born in north London, and lived in Finchley. She attended a co-educational grammar school in north London.
Career edit
She became a sub-editor of Good Housekeeping in 1970 for two years. In 1972 she joined Cosmopolitan, then owned by the National Magazine Company (Nat Mags); there were seven staff. In 1975 she became a features editor on Cosmopolitan until 1978. She became Editor of Cosmopolitan in 1985.[2] She became Editor of She in 1989.
Cosmopolitan was launched in the UK in 1972, with Joyce Hopkirk as its Editor.
Publications edit
Personal life edit
She married in 1972, and divorced in 1980, aged 26. She married Christian Testorf in 1999 and they have one son (born July 1988).[5]
See also edit
- Terry Mansfield, former managing director of National Magazine Company in the 1990s
- Pat Roberts Cairns, former Editor of Good Housekeeping magazine.
References edit
- ^ Companies House
- ^ Independent March 2003
- ^ Merritt, Stephanie (6 January 2008). "A new plague facing women". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Books: review – The Twenty Year Itch. By Linda Kelsey". Islington Tribune. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ The Times, 25 October 1989