About the Author

Photograph by David Widom

Charlotte Kandel is the author of the acclaimed magical realism trilogy, THE SCARLET STOCKINGS. Book One, The Enchanted Riddle, was published by Dutton Children's Books (a division of Penguin).

She is also the author of THE SUMMER GIRL: A MOVIE STAR LOVE STORY, a novel for young adults about an 18-year-old girl from the University of Minnesota summer-interning at a celebrity PR agency in Beverly Hills. It's a juicy mystery and a love story with a twist.

Before she left to write, for 15 years Charlotte was Warner Bros.’ top publicist. As Executive V.P. of Worldwide Publicity, she was responsible for the campaigns of blockbuster movies such as the BATMAN, LETHAL WEAPON and MATRIX series, and for guiding a number of movies to Oscar wins. She dealt on a daily basis with superstar acting and directing talent, such as Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese.

Charlotte was born in England and grew up in London and Paris, before moving with her family to New York. There she worked as a publicity assistant for two top Broadway producers, before relocating to Minneapolis to take up a position as Publicity Director of the famed Guthrie Theater.

Moving to Los Angeles, she joined the publicity team at Warner Bros., working on all of Clint Eastwood’s movies, as well as on the groundbreaking SUPERMAN. Next, a personal relationship took her to Sydney, where, for six years she worked as Marketing Director for Australia’s biggest entertainment conglomerate, Village Roadshow.

On her return to the U.S., she rejoined Warner Bros., where she moved up quickly to the top job, a position especially created for her, supervising a large team of national and international publicists, and frequently traveling to the Cannes, Deauville and Venice film festivals.

Charlotte is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles.