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Sabrina Weill is the author of
The Real Truth about Teens and Sex and
the former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine.
The Real Truth about Teens
and Sex, Sabrina's third book, tells
parents what's really going on in their teenagers'
minds, hearts, and bedrooms--and gives down-to-earth
advice to help parents talk about sex the "right"
way, so their teens listen and make smart choices.
While writing it, Sabrina interviewed hundreds of
teenagers and conducted a national survey of 1,059
teens in partnership with The National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
Sabrina is presently traveling the country, from
Bergen County, New Jersey to Huntington Beach,
California, talking to groups of parents, doctors,
journalists and teachers about how to communicate
with teenagers about sex. She has heard and answered
all kinds of questions, from "Are these teen-sex
parties I keep hearing about for real??" to "What if
my teenager asks me when I lost MY virginity??"
Sabrina has connected with millions of teenagers
over the past 10+ years as a teen magazine editor
and writer. Prior to becoming editor-in-chief of
Seventeen, she was instrumental in the launch of
CosmoGIRL! magazine where she served as founding
executive editor for 4 years. Sabrina was previously
an editor at Redbook and has served as
editor-in-chief of the Scholastic teen health
magazines Choices.
She began her career as an editorial assistant at
Seventeen, choosing which "Sex and Body" letters the
column would address each month. She watched those
letters evolve from loopy, green-penned notes asking
about the mechanics of sex, to today's emails with
queries like "I just had sex and the condom
broke--I'm 15--what can I do?"
She has appeared on numerous national TV shows
including NBC's The Today Show and CBS' The Early
Show and in many local and national papers including
USA Today and The Washington Post. At it's first
printing, The Real Truth
about Teens and Sex was excerpted in Time
magazine.
Sabrina is also the author of
The Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body
(Simon & Schuster 1996) and
We're Not Monsters: Teens Speak Out About Teens
in Trouble (Harper Collins 2001). She has
a BA in Creative Writing from the University of
California at Santa Cruz, and lives in New York City
with her husband and two young children.
The paperback version of
The Real Truth about Teens and Sex will
be released in September 2006.
For Interviews please call:
Leslie Schwartz: 212-366-2325
Leslie.Schwartz@us.penguingroup.com
Speaker Inquiries:
SabrinaWeill@aol.com
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