Penelope Rowlands

Who is Penelope Rowlands?

Penelope Rowlands is an Anglo-American author and journalist who first received attention for her 2005 biography, A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life in Fashion, Art, and Letters, about the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar, Carmel Snow. Dash was credited with resurrecting a noteworthy career and reputation that had been widely forgotten. After Rowlands discussed Carmel Snow's legacy in a live 2006 interview with Martha Kearny on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Dash was featured across Great Britain as a 'Notable Book' at Waterstone's, then the second-largest British bookselling chain.