Suzanne Braun Levine is a writer, editor and nationally recognized authority on women, media matters, and family issues. INVENTING THE REST OF OUR LIVES: WOMEN IN SECOND ADULTHOOD (Viking, 2005/ Plume 2006), her second book, generated a new conversation about the choices women make as they age. Her next book is FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY: TEN LIFE LESSONS FROM SECOND ADULTHOOD will be published by Viking in 2009.

She is co-author (with Mary Thom) of an oral history of the late Congresswoman BELLA ABZUG compiled from Abzug’s own words and interviews with those who knew and worked with her, published by Ferrar, Straus & Giroux in fall, 2007.

She is a contributor to the anthology, SISTERHOOD IS FOREVER, edited by Robin Morgan (Atria Books, 2004).

Levine was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journalism Review, the premier magazine of media criticism, from 1989 to 1997.

Previously she was editor of Ms. Magazine, the groundbreaking feminist magazine, from its founding in 1972 until 1988. During her tenure, the magazine fostered a new kind of personalized reporting and was recognized for its coverage of theretofore unreported issues that concerned women, from health and the arts to international politics and social policy.

While at Ms., she developed and produced the Peabody-Award winning television documentary, “She’s Nobody’s Baby: A History of American Women in the 20th Century” (HBO, 1981) and edited the book of the same name that followed (Simon & Schuster). She also conceived and co-edited A Decade of Women: A Ms. History of the Seventies in Words and Pictures.

Her essays have appeared in national publications including Newsweek, TV Guide, The Nation and O: The Oprah Magazine. She is a contributing editor of More Magazine. An article of hers in that magazine about the conflict between younger and older women caught the attention of “Oprah” producers, and became the basis of a one-hour show on which she was featured.

Ms. Levine has been a frequent guest on national television programs, including “Oprah”, “Good Morning America,” the “Today” show and “Charlie Rose” as well as numerous national and local radio shows. She has lectured widely before women’s and professional groups and on campuses across the country. She also writes a monthly blog on her website www.SuzanneBraunLevine.com which is also posted on the More Magazine website.

She has taught journalism at several universities, including the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 1989-90, she was a Fellow at the Media Studies Center of the Freedom Forum. She serves on a number of boards, including The Transition Network and the Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication, and is a member of the AARP’s Women’s Leadership Circle.

Suzanne Levine received her B.A. with honors from Harvard University. She has two grown children and lives in New York City with her husband, attorney Robert Levine.