Sex and the Single Girl and Brown also attempted to have the book censored or banned in the United States as a marketing gimmick, but they were unsuccessful. The book also was endorsed on the jacket by Joan Crawford and Gypsy Rose Lee, and the 2003 edition is endorsed on the back cover by "Sex and the City"'s Kim Cattrall. Following the success of "Sex and the Single Girl", Brown became the editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine in 1965, and went on to publish several other books which include "Sex and the Office" (1965), "Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook" (1969), and "Sex and the New
Helen Brown (author) Helen Brown (author) Helen Brown (born 1954) is a New Zealand-born author and columnist, best known for her memoirs about cats and the meaning of life. Her book "Cleo" was a New York Times Best Seller and a film adaptation is in development by John Barnett (producer of Whale Rider) through his company Endeavour Ventures Ltd. Brown was born Helen Blackman in 1954 in New Plymouth. She studied journalism at Wellington Polytechnic. At age 18 she flew to England to marry her first husband, Steve, whom she had met three years prior. They returned to New Zealand and had two