Rowan Pelling
{{Short description|British journalist}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
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|education = Walthamstow Hall
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Rowan Dorothy Pelling (born 17 January 1968) is a British journalist, broadcaster, writer and stand-up comedian who first achieved note as the editor (or "editrice", to use her term) of a monthly literary/erotic magazine, the Erotic Review.
Education
Pelling was educated at Walthamstow Hall, a day independent school for girls in the centre of the commuter town of Sevenoaks in Kent in South East England, followed by St Hugh's College at the University of Oxford, from which she graduated in 1991 with a degree in English Literature.
Life and career
After graduating, Pelling worked at the satirical magazine Private Eye. She briefly carried out research for Shirley Porter’s legal team during the Homes for Votes scandal, talking to Andrew Hosken when he was carrying out his investigation into Porter.Hosken, Andrew (2006). Nothing Like a Dame. Granta Books. {{ISBN|978-1-86207-809-3}}. p. 317. She went on to work for GQ magazine, where she met her future husband Angus Mackinnon.Matthew Bell, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/erotic-review-goes-for-cybersex-1992686.html?origin=internalSearch "'Erotic Review' goes for cybersex"], The Independent on Sunday 6 June 2010 In 1997 she transformed Jamie Maclean's Erotic Print Society's slim foolscap newsletter into the Erotic Review, a popular magazine whose circulation peaked at over 30,000. She sold the magazine in 2004.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/erotic-review-back-to-titillate-ndash-and-educate-1704824.html|title='Erotic Review' back to titillate – and educate|last=Tait|first=Simon|date=13 June 2009|work=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en-GB}}
Pelling has contributed to a variety of newspapers and magazines, including regular columns for the Independent on Sunday, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, the Daily Telegraph, GQ, and Jack. She was a judge of the 2004 Man Booker Prize{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3602318.stm|title=Booker judge hails writing talent|last=Heard|first=Chris|date=26 August 2004|website=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment|access-date=15 May 2017}} and is a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/rowanpelling/|title=Columnists: Rowan Pelling|website=The Telegraph|language=en|access-date=15 May 2017}} She is the mother of two sons and lives in Cambridge.
In 2017 Pelling launched a new magazine, The Amorist, branded as "for devotees of love & passion".{{Cite web|url=http://www.theamorist.co.uk/feature/issue-1-is-at-large|title=Issue 1 is at large!|website=The Amorist|language=en-gb|access-date=15 May 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2017/apr/26/erotic-womans-hour-the-amorist-boom-indie-magazines|title='An erotic Woman's Hour': The Amorist follows boom in indie magazines|last=Featherstone|first=Emma|date=26 April 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} It switched from print to online-only after seven months.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/erotic-magazine-the-amorist-moves-online-only-after-seven-issues-in-print/|title=Erotic magazine The Amorist moves online-only after seven issues in print|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy |date=2017-12-11|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}}
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Category:Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford