Linda Kelsey (journalist)

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

Kelsey was born in north London, and lived in Finchley. She attended a co-educational grammar school in north London.

Career

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

Fifty is Not a Four-letter Word, 2007^[3]
The Twenty Year Itch, 2010^[4]

Personal life

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]

References

^ 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

External links

Her website

Media offices
Preceded by	Editor of She 1989–1995	Succeeded by
Preceded by	*Editor of Cosmopolitan* (UK)** 1985–1989	Succeeded by Marcelle D'Argy Smith
Preceded by	*Deputy Editor of Cosmopolitan* (UK)** 1983–1985	Succeeded by

[1] Companies House

[2] Independent March 2003

[3] Merritt, Stephanie (6 January 2008). "A new plague facing women". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[4] "Books: review – The Twenty Year Itch. By Linda Kelsey". Islington Tribune. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[5] The Times, 25 October 1989

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