Brown, Tina (1953–)

English writer and editor. Name variations: Christina Hambley Brown. Born Christina Hambley Brown, Nov 21, 1953, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England; St. Anne's College, Oxford University, MA, 1974; m. Harold Evans (English journalist, editor and author), 1981; children: George and Isabel.

Controversial magazine editor, began career as journalist for London Sunday Times, The New Statesman and The Sunday Telegraph, winning Catherine Pakenham Award for most Promising Female Journalist (1973); worked as columnist for Punch (1978); became editor-in-chief of Tatler (1979), revitalizing the magazine and raising circulation by 300%; moved with husband to New York City (1983), becoming editor-in-chief of Condé-Nast's Vanity Fair magazine (1984); was extremely successful with Vanity Fair as well, winning 4 National Magazine Awards; appointed 4th editor of The New Yorker (1992); enlivened New Yorker through use of more color and increased focus on current events but changes brought as much censure as praise; was 1st magazine editor to receive the National Press Foundation's Editor of the Year Award (1992); left New Yorker (1998) to found Talk Media, launching Talk magazine (soon defunct) and Talk Miramax Book company, a publishing venture that produced 11 titles listed on New York Times Bestseller List in a few short years; wrote weekly column for The Washington Post and hosted CNBC's Topic A with Tina Brown; writings include (play) Under the Bamboo Tree (1973), Loose Talk (1979) and Life as a Party (1983). Awarded Commander of British Empire (CBE, 2000).