Lucy Danziger is Editor-in-Chief of SELF magazine, the leading well-being magazine that reaches 6 million readers a month, and co-author of the new book, The Nine Rooms of Happiness: Loving Yourself, Finding Your Purpose and Getting Over Life's Little Imperfections, co-authored with Catherine Birndorf, MD. Published by Voice.

In the past nine years as editor of SELF, Danziger has grown the print and website Self.com into a trusted voice in the wellbeing and healthy lifestyle category, won a National Magazine Award for Personal Service for the coverage of breast cancer awareness and activism, and shown that it is possible for a magazine to grow new audiences through a vital online presence. Her three regular blogs appear at Self.com and Yahoo Health, as well as at NineRooms.com, where she writes, "Happiness is the New Flat Abs." The Nine Rooms of Happiness hit The New York Times bestseller list for miscellaneous and how-to hardcover books the first week it was published, in March of 2010. Danziger and Dr. Birndorf, who founded the Women’s Mental Health Center at Payne Whitney in New York, appear regularly on The Today Show and other national television outlets as healthy lifestyle and women's happiness experts.

Danziger is an active triathlete and enjoys swimming, running and biking to escape her computer and the three smart phones that keep her engaged, plugged in and busy the rest of the time. She lives in New York City with her husband James, a photography/fine art dealer and two teenaged children, Julian and Josie.

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