ANDREA CHAMBERS: BIOGRAPHY

Andrea L. Chambers is a former publishing executive with a wide range of experience in both consumer magazine and book publishing. She began her career at Time Magazine, where she wrote political and feature stories. As an editor of People, Chambers directed the magazine’s coverage of the publishing industry, editing many People stories and covers related to books and authors. She created and produced a People radio show.  

In 1991, Chambers moved to book publishing as vice president and executive editor of Penguin Putnam, specializing in nonfiction political books and biographies. Returning to magazine publishing in 1996, she was a development editor for Time Warner; consulting editor for the National Geographic Society; and international editor for multiple foreign editions of Seventeen and creator of the magazine’s widely acclaimed scholarship program for contributions in the field of community service. A published book author, Andrea is also an award-winning journalist who has written and edited hundreds of articles for America’s leading magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times.

As the founder and director of the Study Center, a writing, editing, and study skills development program for teenagers, Chambers is an experienced educator as well.  

A past president of the Women’s Media Group, she is a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors and an annual judge of the National Magazine Awards.

A graduate of Simmons College in Boston, Chambers received an M.S. in Journalism from Boston University and a certificate from the Radcliffe (now Columbia) Publishing Course.

She lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter.