Cynthia Crossen is an American author and journalist whose career as an editor spanned The Village Voice, the American Lawyer, and the Wall Street Journal.
At the Journal, she created and wrote Dear Book Lover, a literary advice column and website.
[1] Crossen worked at Essence magazine, New Jersey Monthly, and the American Lawyer and in 1981 became managing editor of the Village Voice.
In 1983 she moved to The Wall Street Journal, where reporting beats included marketing and publishing.
In 1994, Crossen wrote Tainted Truth, an exposé of hidden sponsorship in ostensibly neutral surveys and studies and their abuse in journalism and advertising.