Saxon Henry

Saxon Henry is an American author, journalist, playwright and poet.
Henry’s articles published in the United States have appeared in The New York Times
, The Wall Street Journal, Interior Design, Robb Report, Traditional Home, Home Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens and Woman’s Day special interest publications, Country Home, the Home & Design section of The Miami Herald Coastal Living, Delta Sky, Latitudes, Luxe, Modernism, and Manhattan.
International credits include Elle Décor (India), Residence Magazine (The Netherlands), Casamica (Italy), Style: Living (Singapore) and Architectural Digest in Austria and Germany. She is a former correspondent for Louise Blouin Media and a past contributing editor to Interiors and Miami magazines.
Early Life and Career
Henry earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1996, the college then under the auspices of Norwich University. Post-graduate writing studies included an exploration of aesthetics with William Packard at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study of New York University.
Books by Henry
Henry has published two books, the first Big Home, Big Challenge: Design Solutions for Larger Spaces, co-written with Kira Wilson Gould and published by McGraw-Hill in 2003. Her second book, Four Florida Moderns, was released by W.W. Norton & Company in February 2010.
The book features works by architects Alberto Alfonso; Rene Gonzalez; Chad Oppenheim, who designed Ten Museum Park; and Guy Peterson. Contributors to the book included Charles Gwathmey, Richard Meier, Warren Schwartz; Terence Riley, former Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art; and Robert McCarter.
Mark Hampton, FAIA, a member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, said of the book: "Four Florida Moderns brings a fresh approach and outlook to Florida through the resolution of architectural problems in a tropical environment. It highlights the work of four native architects, all of whom are acutely aware of the nature of the tropics and the romanticism of its qualities. By incorporating water, breezes, vistas, shadows, and heat into their work, the psychological appeal is impressive and undeniable. Their exploration and application of new materials and natural elements is innovative.”
Go Magazine, the inflight for Air Tran, wrote in their review, titled 'The Beach Boys.' “Tropical modernism - a style with clean lines, splashes of color and lots of glass - fuses the traditions of Mid-Century Modernism with the subtle Latin American accents of the Southern Atlantic coast. Saxon Henry's book Four Florida Moderns
Architecture Week featured a portion of Henry’s interview with Guy Peterson. Writing in 944 Magazine, John Hood says about the book, “Miami’s an architect’s dream city. And Saxon Henry cites the most important newcomers in her Four Florida Moderns. To wit: Alberto Alfonso, René González, Chad Oppenheim, and Guy Peterson.”
Other Publications and Works
Henry’s poetry has been published in Issue #2, Summer 1999, of Skidrow Penthouse, Number 59 of the New York Quarterly; and in the December 1987-issue of Byline. Her play, The Queen of Shades, was one of three one-act plays produced during the Philipstown Depot Theater’s One-Act Play Festival from August 6 through 8, 2004, in Garrison, New York. Her “Craft Interview” of poet Anna Adams appeared in Number 58 of the New York Quarterly.
Articles for The New York Times have included business features, environmental issues, educational issues, filmmaking and entertainment stories.
Henry’s writing for Delta Sky has included travel articles featuring Paris<ref name="Paris" /> and Buenos Aires;<ref name="Buenos Aires" /> and profiles of celebrities, including Julian Lennon<ref name="Julian Lennon" /> and chef Gordon Ramsay.<ref name="Gordon Ramsay" /> Latitudes articles have included celebrity profiles on Nate Berkus<ref name="Nate Berkus" /> and arts and entertainment pieces.<ref name="entertainment pieces" /> Interiors magazine tapped Henry to write articles about luxury homes from New York<ref name="luxury homes from New York" /> to Las Vegas.<ref name="Las Vegas" />
Henry’s blogs include Roaming by Design and The Road to Promise—a narrative about her experiences in the mission field. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and a member of Travel Blog Exchange.

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