Lucy Danziger

Lucy Danziger is an American magazine editor notable for being the editor-in-chief of Self magazine. In addition, she is a competitive triathlete and the author of the best-selling The Drop 10 Diet book.

Danziger has been serving as editor-in-chief of Self since 2001, which is owned by Condé Nast Publications. During that time, Self was nominated for five National Magazine Awards in the public interest, personal service and essay categories. In 2006, Self won an award in the Personal Service category for their publication entitled the 2005 Breast Cancer Handbook. Danziger appeared on several television shows, including Today, The View and Good Morning America. She keeps a daily blog on the Self web site titled True to my SELF. In 2009, she gave up her car service and chose to bike to work instead.

After graduating from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1978 and Harvard in 1982, she worked as an associate editor at New York magazine. Later, she worked the New York-based weekly 7 Days as the founding managing editor. she also served as the founding editor of Women’s Sports & Fitness from 1997 to 2000 and as an editor at The New York Times before becoming editor-in-chief at Self. A reporter described her in 2010:

It is difficult to imagine an editor who more embodies the magazine she runs. For almost 10 years, a tenure longer than most for magazine editors, she has brought her athletic enthusiasm, sartorial pragmatism and brimming self-confidence onto the pages of a magazine that spawned a new category for female readers when it started publishing in 1979. —Jeremy W. Peters in The New York Times

Danziger has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Vogue, Outside, Condé Nast Traveler, Skiing, Allure, Time and USA Today. She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, her two children and her dog. She drives a black Vespa scooter which has the license plate "Lucy D". In 2012, she trained for a triathlon race which consists of running, biking and swimming, and one report suggested she lost 20 pounds in 6 months.