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A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

location-pin Denver, Colorado

Expertise: etiquette, relationships, psychology, human interest

Charlotte Hilton Andersen

  • Has written more than 50 stories on etiquette for Reader's Digest
  • Published in Shape, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, O Magazine, Fitness, Redbook, Seventeen, What to Expect When You're Expecting and many other magazines and sites
  • Ghost-authored two books for celebrities
  • Won multiple journalism awards, including an Eddie award for her coverage of COVID-19
  • Certified personal trainer and fitness instructor for 10 years and tenure-track college professor for seven years
  • Author of The Great Fitness Experiment

Experience

Charlotte is an award-winning journalist who covers etiquette, relationships, psychology, health and lifestyle. She has written more than 50 etiquette stories for Reader’s Digest, spearheading the site’s popular Polite Habits and Best Messages series. With a knack for capturing the essence of an interview subject, she also specializes in human-interest and “as told to” stories. In addition to Reader’s Digest and The Healthy, her work has been published in Shape, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, O Magazine, Fitness, Redbook, Seventeen, What to Expect When You're Expecting and more.

Articles

Two Businesswomen Walking Through Airport Terminal Together

Here’s the Surprisingly Gross Spot You Should Never Put Your Coat, According to Flight Attendants

That's not a coat closet: the airplane storage mistake everyone makes
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Is It Really Rude to Regift a Present You Don’t Like?

It can save you money and time, but there are multiple hidden pitfalls to consider before regifting a gift you received
A group of professionally dressed colleagues smiles and applauds as one person presents a gift box tied with a red ribbon to another person in an office setting.

Is It Really Rude to Decline to Chip in for the Group Gift?

Your co-worker's retirement, your kid's soccer coach, your neighbor's baby shower—at a certain point, "In THIS economy?!" stops being a joke