Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown (February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012; born Helen Marie Gurley) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine for 32 years. Helen Marie Gurley was born February 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, the daughter of Cleo Fred (née Sisco; 1893-1980) and Ira Marvin Gurley. At one time her father was appointed Commissioner of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. After his election to the Arkansas state legislature the family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. He died in an elevator accident on June 18, 1932. In 1937,
Helen Rosner Helen Rosner Helen Rosner is an American food writer and editor. She is food correspondent for "The New Yorker." From 2014 to 2017, Rosner was an editor at Eater, serving as long-form features editor and later executive editor. She joined Eater after spending four years as executive digital editor at "Saveur". Prior to that, she was online restaurant editor for "New York Magazine" and an assistant cookbook editor at Workman. With Raphael Brion, she co-founded the food blog Eat Me Daily, which "carved out a vital place in a crowded food blog world by being smarter, wittier, and faster than