Mary Christ Anderson is the Deputy Editor for SHAPE magazine, where she oversees the front-of-book, beauty, and fitness sections. Prior to serving as Deputy Editor, Anderson was the Deputy Editor at Fitness, a position she held since 2010, having joined Meredith in 2008 as Fitness Director. Her work has won awards from MIN, Folio, and Meredith.
Prior to joining Fitness, she was a Senior Fitness Editor for Self magazine, where she developed, assigned and edited feature and front-of-book articles on fitness; a feature she helped edit there was nominated for an ASME award. She also worked at Condé Nast Sports for Women, helping to launch the publication. In addition, she created and served as Editor in Chief of the health and fitness website GymAmerica.com, which was voted Best of Web by Forbes.com. Anderson started her career in publishing as an Assistant Editor at Rolling Stone.
She has written articles for such publications as The New York Times, Men’s Health, Glamour and InStyle and has appeared on numerous TV shows including the Today Show, CBS Early Show, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, NY1 and VH1’s 100 Most Wanted Bodies.
Anderson attended Harvard University and graduated with honors in history and literature. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and children.