Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip (born 1938) is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. The daughter of a tribal leader, she was born in Eséka; her father had about fifty children from several different mothers. She was schooled at home at first and then attended school locally. Then, she studied at a college for girls in Douala, where she wrote her novel "Ngonda". In 1956, she won a contest sponsored by "Elle" magazine and Air France that allowed her to travel to France; she returned the following year. In 1958, she studied for her baccalauréat at the Lycée Général Leclerc in
Trish Halpin Halpin's first post in publishing was doing classified adverts in administration. Halpin has edited "Red" magazine, and deputy edited the "More!" and "New Woman" magazines. At "More!", Halpin was hired by Marie O'Riordan, the editor she succeeded at "Marie Claire", in a position of production editor. Halpin edited the United Kingdom edition of the "InStyle" magazine, a position she held since September 2006 until moving to "Marie Claire" in 2009; she was replaced at "In Style" by Eilidh MacAskill. Halpin became the editor of "Marie Claire" on 2 February 2009, taking over from Marie O'Riordan. Whilst at "Marie Claire", Halpin