ROBIN WESTEN is a freelance journalist who writes for numerous national women's magazines including AARP, Family Circle, Psychology Today, Self, Parents, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and others. She specializes in health, relationships, sex issues and parenting. Westen has authored 18 books including 808 Conversation Starters, Heal Your Gut with Bone Broth, Getting Your Child to Eat (Almost)Anything, co-authored with Qian Yuan, M.D.(Harvard Medical School Guide) as well as V IS FOR VAGINA: Your A-Z Guide co-authored with Alyssa Dweck, M.D.(Ulysses),The Yoga Body Cleanse, The 2-Day Superfood Cleanse(Ulysses)and the bestselling YA biography of Oprah Winfrey,I Don't Believe In Failure(Enslow)noted in the Washington Examiner as one of Amazon's top children's bestsellers,as well as Oprah Winfrey: A Biography of a Billionaire Talk Show Host(Enslow Kindle edition)and as a contributing writer in the anthology, Mr.Wrong: Real Life Tales of the Men We Used to Love (St. Martin's). She was an Emmy-Award winning writer for the ABC Television women's health-oriented show FYI, a sex advice columnist (Sex Rx) for Woman's Own Magazine; she also wrote a weekly pop psychology quiz for Woman's World Magazine for over 18 years. Workman published a collection of her columns in two volumes: The Big Book of Personality Tests for Women: 100 Fun-to-Take, Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reveal Your Hidden Potential in Life, Love and Work, and The Big Book of Relationship Quizzes: 100 Tests and Quizzes to Let You Know Who's Who in Your Life. She has appeared on numerous websites including PEOPLE, Huffington Post, AARP, Thirdage, Parents, etc. Westen is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Writers Guild of America. She lives in DUMBO, Brooklyn, and summers in Brattleboro, Vermont, with her friends and family.
WEBSITE: www.robinwesten.com