Colleen Hamilton is a writer, editor, and reader.

Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Teen Vogue, VICE, Them, Time Out, The Food Section, and many other publications.

She is currently a Fellow with the Solutions Journalism Network, collaborating with Teen Vogue on a three-part series exploring youth-led responses to climate change.

Colleen serves as the Editorial Director of PLAY, a cookbook-magazine with recipes, stories, and essays devoted to pleasure and liberation. Previously, she was the Managing Editor of The Wine Zine, the country’s largest print publication dedicated to natural wine.

She has led storytelling workshops across the U.S. and frequently speaks on panels about gender, sexuality, and culture. In 2019, she was a Fulbright scholar in Malaysia. She graduated summa cum laude (highest honors) from UCLA, and is now likely somewhere in Brooklyn with her nose in a book.