An award-winning media executive and author, Amy DuBois Barnett earned national acclaim as the editor in chief of Ebony, Teen People--where she made history as the first Black woman to helm a major mainstream magazine in the US--and Honey, as well as the deputy editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar. She has held senior leadership roles at Paramount, Hearst, Disney, Time Inc., and several independently owned brands. Barnett has a BA from Brown and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia. She resides in Los Angeles. If I Ruled the World is her debut novel.