Nov 13, 2010

Tina Brown, The Journalist The Author

About Tina Brown
Tina Brown was 25 when she became editor-in-chief of England's oldest glossy, The Tatler, reviving the nearly defunct 270 year old magazine with an attitude and style that gave it a 300 percent circulation rise. She went on to become editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, and won four National Magazine Awards. In 1992 she became the first female editor of The New Yorker where she raised newsstand circulation by 145 percent. In 2000, Ms. Brown was awarded C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth. She is married to Sir Harold Evans. The couple have two children and reside in New York.

 

Profile Of Tina Brown

Basic Information
Birth Name
Christina Hambley Brown
Nick Name
Tina Brown
Lady Evans
Father Name
George Hambley Brown (a movie producer, born 24-Jul-1913, died 3-Jan-2001)
Mother Name
Bettina Iris Mary Kohr (an assistant to Laurence Olivier, died 1998))
Step mother
Maureen O'Hara (actress)
Date of Birth
November 21, 1953
Place of birth
Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Born day
Saturday
Birthday
November 21
Tina Brown

Grew up
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, London, United Kingdom
Sex
Female
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Country
United Kingdom
Ancestry
United Kingdom
Nationality
United States
Citizenship
England
United States
Race or Ethnicity
White, Europe, England
Language Speaks
English
Religion
Christian
Sexual orientation
Straight
Family Information
Brother(s)
Christopher Hambley Brown (a movie producer)
Residence
New York, NY (Midtown); Quogue, NY
Degree(s)
MA (English Literature, St. Anne's College, Oxford University, 1974)
Occupation(s)
Journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author
Author of books
  • Loose Talk (1979, columns)
  • Life as a Party (1984, columns)
Awards
  • CBE (Commander of the British Empire) award
  • George Polk Award
  • Overseas Press Club award
  • National Magazine Award
Tina Brown

Marital Information
Status
Married (August 20, 1981)
Spouse(s)
Harold Evans (editor of the "Sunday Times")
Son(s)  
George Evans (born 1986)
Daughter(s)
Isabel Evans (born 990)


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