{{Short description|American writer, magazine editor, and professor of magazine journalism}} {{about||the inventor|Harriet A. Brown|the school teacher|Harriet Elizabeth Brown|the American women's rights activist and author|Harriet Connor Brown}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}} {{multiple issues| {{more footnotes|date=February 2011}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2011}} {{COI|date=March 2015}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Harriet Brown | birth_date = | birth_place = | years_active = 1979-present }} '''Harriet Brown''' is an American writer, magazine editor, and<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrietbrown.com/bio.html|title=Harriet Brown bio page|website=harrietbrown.com|accessdate=January 10, 2019|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124034030/http://www.harrietbrown.com/bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> professor of magazine journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
==Career==
She began her magazine career in 1979, with a stint at ''Popular Science'' magazine. She was part of the start-up staff for both ''Wigwag'' magazine,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2016-01-25|title=Wigwag: The Magazine That Lex Built|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/wigwag-the-magazine-that-lex-built|access-date=2021-11-30|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref> 1989–1991, and ''American Girl'' magazine American Girl, 1992–2000. Her 2006 ''New York Times'' article "One Spoonful at a Time"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Harriet|date=2006-11-26|title=One Spoonful at a Time (Published 2006)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/magazine/one-spoonful-at-a-time.html|access-date=2021-01-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> chronicled the descent of her daughter, whom she does not want publicly named, into anorexia and recovery via family-based treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach. That article became the basis of her 2010 book, ''Brave Girl Eating''. Her experiences inspired Brown to begin working as an advocate for better eating disorders treatment. That same year she helped found [http://maudsleyparents.org/ Maudsley Parents], a website offering resources to families struggling with anorexia.
As a professor at Newhouse, Brown continues to write, research, and teach about eating disorders and body image as well as other issues, including family estrangement. She writes for ''The New York Times'' science section and magazine, [https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/21/1093419/animal-testing-organ-on-chip-research/ MIT Technology Review], O: The Oprah Magazine, [https://undark.org/2024/02/08/opinion-anorexia-terminal-illness/ Undark] magazine, and many other publications. In 2011, she won the John F. Murray Prize in Strategic Communication for the Public Good,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harriet Brown Wins First John F. Murray Award {{!}} School of Journalism and Mass Communication {{!}} College of Liberal Arts and Sciences {{!}} The University of Iowa|url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/sjmc/newsletter/harriet-brown-wins-first-john-f-murray-award|access-date=2021-01-19|website=clas.uiowa.edu|language=en}}</ref> awarded by the University of Iowa School of Journalism. She currently lives in Syracuse, New York.
==Bibliography==
===Writer=== *''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738234532/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2 Shadow Daughter: A Memoir of Estrangement]'' *''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738218820/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do About It]'' *''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006172548X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia]'' *''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299158748/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p2_i0 The Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of a Day-Care Center]''
===Editor=== *''Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love'' (Ballantine), 2007 *''Feed Me!: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Body Image, and Weight'' (Ballantine, 2009)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.harrietbrown.com Harriet Brown's website] * [http://www.maudsleyparents.org Maudsley Parents] * [http://www.projectbodytalk.com Project BodyTalk] * [http://train2treat4ed.com/ Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders]
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