Kate White

Kate White
Kate White speaks at the University of Missouri in March 2014.
Born
NationalityAmerican
EducationUnion College (BA)
Occupation(s)Writer, public speaker
Known forAuthor, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan
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Kate White is an American author, former magazine editor, and speaker.[1] From 1998 to 2012, she served as the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and left to concentrate full time on writing suspense fiction. She is the author of eighteen novels: eight books in the Bailey Weggins mystery series, including Such a Perfect Wife (May 2019), which was nominated for an International Thriller Writer’s Award, and eight stand-alone psychological thrillers, including, most recently, The Last Time She Saw Him (May 2024). White has also written five non-fiction books with business advice for women, including The Gutsy Girl Handbook: Your Manifesto for Success, based on her groundbreaking bestseller Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do, and I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best seller lists and have been published in thirteen countries. She is also the editor of The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook (March 2015). In June 2022 White was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Union College.

  1. ^ James Brady (17 January 2008). "Cosmo Kate". Forbes.com. Retrieved 18 September 2012.