Suzanne Braun Levine is a writer, editor and nationally recognized authority on women and family issues and media. She was the first editor of Ms. magazine (1972-1988), and the first woman editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. She reports on the ongoing changes in women’s lives in her books, on her website www.suzannebraunlevine.com on television and radio, as a frequent guest blogger and lecturer. Suzanne’s new book, HOW WE LOVE NOW: Sex and the New Intimacy in Second Adulthood (Viking/January 2, 2012) is the groundbreaking, funny, poignant and sometimes shocking “next chapter” in Levine’s ongoing conversation with Women In Second Adulthood, the stage she celebrated in two popular books: INVENTING THE REST OF OUR LIVES and FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY. While at Ms., Levine developed and produced the Peabody-Award winning HBO special “She’s Nobody’s Baby: A History of American Women in the 20th Century.” A book based on the special was written by Susan Dworkin and edited by Levine. She was the guest Editor-in-Chief of the 30th Anniversary issue of Ms. magazine in 2002 and was honored by the magazine as a “Ms. Woman of the Year” in 2004. In 2007, she was the co-editor (with Mary Thom), of the critically acclaimed oral history of BELLA ABZUG. Her features – “Inventing the Rest of My Life” – appear on More magazine’s web- site; she is a contributing editor to the magazine. A blogger for Huff/Post 50, she also contributes to Encore.org, The Transition Network, ThirdAge.com, VibrantNation.com, SheWrites.com and appears regularly on “Feisty Side of Fifty” Radio. She is an advisor to several women’s and media groups, and organizations dealing with midlife transitions. She is on the Advisory Board of the Women’s Media Center, and on the Board of Civic Ventures, a nonprofit think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. She is frequent lecturer and has appeared on Oprah, Charlie Rose, Today, NPR and numerous other television and radio programs. -- HOW WE LOVE NOW is the groundbreaking, funny, poignant, and sometimes shocking "next chapter" in Suzanne Braun Levine's ongoing conversation with Women in Second Adulthood, the stage of life she defined and celebrated in two popular books: INVENTING THE REST OF OUR LIVES and FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY. Her personal voice, experience, & research infuse the book with fresh revelations and reassurance.