Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Profile: Cosmo Editor Kate White's Dark Side

Joe Meyers, writing for the Connecticut Post, recently interviewed , the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, a high-powered Manhattan job that many people might kill for. Though White doesn't have the sort of personality that inspires those figurative killers who love to cut powerful New York women down to size, she does have a dark side that she has been exploring in a series of very popular mystery novels set in her own world of Manhattan magazines and entertainment featuring crime reporter Bailey Weggins. The 5th mystery of the series, , was published this month.

The Bailey Weggins books grew out of White's lifelong love of mysteries, Meyers writes, going all the way back to childhood hours spent with the Nancy Drew series. When her own children reached that teenage stage of spending most of their weekend mornings sleeping, the editor found herself called upon for fewer "mom" hours on her days off and she began to devote that time to mystery writing.

"I do love the 'cozy' style of a good puzzle and a long list of suspects. Clues that can add up, but also red herrings to keep readers guessing," White said. She then admits that for a series that offers Christie-like puzzles with up-to-the-minute Manhattan style and media world dish, "But I try to add suspense and relationships and romance to the mix, too, so it is a bit of a crossover."

"I don't have a heck of a lot of time to write, so it helps that I know Bailey so well now. I know what kind of wise-ass remark she would make and what she wouldn't say, too," White said.

Read the rest of Meyer's interview with Kate White on ConnPost.com here.

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