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Helen Gurley Brown

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born

February 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, The United States

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female

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Nonfiction

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Helen Gurley Brown, is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.

Brown's father died in an elevator accident when she was young, and her sister was a polio victim. She was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From 1939 to 1941 she attended Texas State College for Women and Woodbury Business College.

After a stint in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency, she went to work for a prominent advertising agency as a secretary. Her employer recognized her writing skills and moved her to the copywriting department where she advanced rapidly to become one of the nation's highest paid ad copywriters in the early 1960s. In 1959 she married David Brown who was producer of Jaws, The Sting, Cocoo...more

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Books by Helen Gurley Brown

Average rating: 3.37 · 358 ratings · 71 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Sex and The Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown, Heklen Gurley Brown (Introduction) 334 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Having It All: Love, Success, Sex, Money, Even If You're Starting with Nothing 372 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sex and the Office 344 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Dear Pussycat: Mash Notes and Missives from the Desk of Cosmopolitan's Legendary Editor 282 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	I'm Wild Again 412 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Writer's Rules: The Power Of Positive Prose--how To Create It And Get It Published by Helen Gurley Brown, Helen Gurley Gurley 329 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Late Show : Having It All 317 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Helen Gurley Brown's Outrageous Opinions 333 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	The Late Show: A Semiwild But Practical Survival Plan for Women Over 50 300 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Cosmo 400 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating: