Eden Collinsworth

Eden Collinsworth
Education	BA, Bennington College
Occupations	Businesswoman and writer
Spouse	William Hamilton ​ ​ (m. 1986⁠–⁠2003)​
Children	1
Website	www.edencollinsworth.com

Eden Collinsworth is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction, whose career has been in media and international business.

Career

Collinsworth began her career in book publishing at Doubleday & Company. She joined Arbor House Book Publishing Company in 1976, and was named its president and publisher in 1983.^[1]

Collinsworth founded Buzz, Inc.^[1] In October 1990, with two partners, Allan Mayer,^[2][3] and Susan Gates,^[4] Collinsworth, as president and CEO, launched Buzz Magazine, a Los Angeles-based monthly, city magazine.^[4]

From 1999 to 2008, Collinsworth was vice president of The Hearst Corporation and its director of cross media business development^[5] responsible for identifying business opportunities across all Hearst divisions, including magazines, newspapers, cable, syndication, and broadcast.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Collinsworth became vice president, COO and chief of staff of The EastWest Institute, an international think tank.^[6]

In 2011, Collinsworth launched Collinsworth & Associates, a Beijing-based consulting company, which specializes in intercultural communication. She is the author of a book on the subject published by Xiron in China.^{[citation needed]}

Publications

• It Might Have Been What He Said (2006) – a novel
• The Strangeness of Men and Women – a play
• I Stand Corrected: How Teaching Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson (2014) - a memoir
• Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex, and Business (2017) – non-fiction
• What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo's da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait (2022) - non-fiction
• The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President (2025) - non-fiction

References

1. Meredith, Robyn (September 13, 1996). "Buzz Enterprises Promotes Four". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. Lacher, Irene (May 8, 1997). "The Battle for L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
3. "Allan Mayer". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
4. "Editor in Chief to Leave Buzz Magazine". The New York Times. October 18, 1996. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
5. "Archived News - 1999". May 20, 2007. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
6. "Alumni | EastWest Institute". May 6, 2012. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2020.