Hello, I’m Ellen Carpenter, an award-winning writer and editor living in New York City.

I’ve edited the work of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners; reported stories in Jordan, New Zealand, and South Africa; and interviewed countless celebrities, including Helen Mirren, Questlove, Ethan Hawke, and Daniel Radcliffe. 

I've spent two decades working in magazines. I was the editor in chief of Hemispheres, the inflight magazine for United Airlines, for seven years. And before that I was the editor in chief of Rhapsody, United’s premium-cabin magazine (“the Paris Review of the air,” per the NYT); editorial director of The National, Amtrak’s onboard magazine; deputy editor at Nylon; senior editor at Spin; and style editor at Rolling Stone. As a freelance editor and writer I’ve worked with a variety of publications, including Afar, Playboy, Chase Travel, Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, Marie Claire, New York, and InStyle.