mélanie berliet

Mélanie Berliet is a lifestyle expert, writer, and senior media executive with 20+ years of experience creating content across platforms.

As an investigative journalist, Mélanie has written countless viral features, driving millions of pageviews, extensive press coverage, and on-screen adaptations from stories such as: Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies (Vanity Fair), The Cheaters' Club (Vanity Fair), Plastic Surgery Confidential (Vanity Fair), Pop-up Pill Pusher (New York), Underground Lap Dance Lounge Exposed (Observer), Inside the Strange World of Vaginoplasty (The Atlantic), and Rise of the Stay-at-Home Phone Sex Operator (The Atlantic). Her work has also appeared in Elle, Salon, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Maxim, Playboy, Women's Health, The Daily Beast, and Pacific Standard. When she's not diving into some odd subculture, she enjoys writing humor pieces and essays about life and love.

Mélanie is the author of two children's books — You Are Not a Princess (And That's Ok!) and The Book That Makes no Sense — as well as a memoir, Surviving In Spirit.

Currently, Mélanie acts as SVP & Group General Manager at People Inc, overseeing the strategic businesses behind several iconic lifestyle brands: Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, Southern Living, Martha Stewart, The Spruce, and Parents. In this role, she appears on national television (Good Morning America, TODAY, Live with Kelly and Ryan, 20/20) and frequently speaks at industry events. She also hosted two seasons of BHG's The Better Buy podcast.

Mélanie earned a B.A. in Political Economy from Georgetown University and started her career as an Analyst at Credit Suisse. She has a young daughter, an older step daughter, and a husband to whom she's not actually married.