In May 2016, Random House published 32 Yolks, the memoir Chambers co-authored with chef Eric Ripert.[9] Chambers’ other memoir collaborations include Wake Up Happy with morning TV host and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan and Emperor of Sound with multi-platinum producer Timbaland.[10][11]
In 2017, Chambers edited The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on Our Iconic First Lady, and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own.[12] Time Magazine named it one of the top 10 non-fiction books of 2017.[13] In 2012, Chambers received the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook for her work onYes, Chef, which she co-authored with Marcus Samuelsson.[14][15][16]
In 2018, she joined the Archival Storytelling Team at the New York Times, where she edits "Past Tense", a new initiative devoted to articles based on photographs from the newspaper's six million-photo archive.[17] The following year (2019), Chambers edited Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.[18]
Magazine executive
As a Director of Brand Development at Hearst Corporation, Chambers and an executive team led the relaunch of Good Housekeeping and Goodhousekeeping.com. Chambers also developed and launched the magazine Glam Latina for Condé Nast and Women's Day Latina for the Hearst Company.[19]
Social impact
In 2014, Chambers and her husband, Jason, established the Loud Emily scholarship, in honor of Emily Fisher, Veronica's mentor in philanthropy. The Loud Emily scholarship provides full tuition for two girls to the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in New York. The recipients are chosen based on their submissions of essays and short creative videos, explaining how and why they use their voices and music to speak about the causes they believe in.[20] Chambers, with her husband, endowed three music and literature scholarships at Bard College at Simon's Rock.[20]
Works
Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cookbook (Flatiron/Macmillan, 2018)
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on Our Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own, Editor (St. Martin's Press, 2017)
The Go-Between Young Adult novel (Delacorte/Random House, 2017)
32 Yolks (co-written with Eric Ripert) (Random House, 2016)
Wake Up Happy (co-written with Michael Strahan) (37 Ink, 2015)
Everybody’s Got Something (co-written with Robin Roberts) Grand Central Publishing, 2014)
Yes Chef (co-written with Marcus Samuelsson) (Random House, 2012)
Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women Are Changing Their Nation (Free Press, 2007)
The Joy of Doing Things Badly: A Girls’ Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Bravery (Doubleday, 2006)
Miss Black America (Doubleday, 2005)
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa (Dial, 2005)
Having It All? Black Women and Success (Doubleday, 2003)
Double Dutch: Jump Rope, Rhyme and Sisterhood (Hyperion, 2002)
Quinceañera Means Sweet Fifteen (Hyperion, 2001)
Marisol & Magdalena (Hyperion, 1998)
The Harlem Renaissance (Chelsea House, 1998)
Amistad Rising (Harcourt Brace, 1998)
Mama's Girl (Riverhead, 1996)
Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style (Dell, 1992)
Anthology contributions
The Bitch is Back, Editor Cathi Hanauer (William Morrow, 2016)
Black Cool, Editor Rebecca Walker (Soft Skull, 2012)
^"Contributors include: Ava DuVernay, Veronica Chambers, Benilde Little, Damon Young, Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, Brittney Cooper, Ylonda Gault Caviness, Chirlane McCray, Cathi Hanauer, Tiffany Dufu, Tanisha Ford, Marcus Samuelsson, Sarah Lewis, Karen Hill Anton, Rebecca Carroll, Phillipa Soo, and Roxane Gay." OCLC1139643291
