Amy DuBois Barnett | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Hyde Park, Chicago, United States |
Alma mater | Brown University; University College Dublin; Columbia University |
Occupation | Magazine editor |
Known for | First African-American woman to run a major magazine in the U.S, |
Parent(s) | Stephen A. Barnett and Marguerite Ross Barnett |
Amy DuBois Barnett (born 1969) is an American magazine editor. She was formerly editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine. Barnett was also the editor-in-chief of Honey and Teen People magazines, and the deputy editor of Harper's Bazaar. She was the first African-American woman to run a major mainstream magazine in the United States.[1] Barnett is also an award-winning fiction writer with several published short stories. In 2008, she published an NAACP Image Award-nominated advice book for women: Get Yours! How to Have Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More (Random House).[2]