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In October 1999, Ms. Eden, who was by then an agnostic, had what she describes in ''The Thrill of the Chaste'' as a “born-again experience” that transformed her into a “committed Christian.” During the ensuing few years, she gradually left the world of rock journalism. Her last major music-business job was directing the publicity for the World Trade Center’s oldies concert series during the summer of 2001.<ref>http://www.fufkin.com/columns/eden/eden_10_01.htm</ref>

In February 2005, Ms. Eden was the subject of a feature by George Gurley in the [[New York Observer]], "Eden in Exile."<ref>George Gurley:[ [http://www.observer.com/archive/Archive_2142005-14.html Eden in Exile], ''[[New York Observer]]'', February 14, 2005</ref> The article detailed the circumstances surrounding her January 2005 firing from the [[New York Post]], where she was a copy editor. The firing was precipitated by her making unauthorized changes to an article about women with cervical cancer who had children through in vitro fertilization: She removed a reference to IVF "miracle babies"; she noted that since two out of three implanted embryos "took," "one died,” and she added that the process of in vitro fertilization "routinely results in the destruction of embryos."

Ms. Eden asserted in the Observer article and in her [[Wall Street Journal]] review of the book Fired!<ref>Dawn Eden: [http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110008001 Getting That Last Zinger In], ''[[OpinionJournal]]'', February 22, 2006</ref> that, prior to her firing, she was warned against identifying herself as a Post employee when giving interviews in which she discussed her Christian faith. In the Observer, she said that Post copy chief Barry Gross told her, "Some people already think the Post is conservative, and we don’t need New York readers also thinking it’s a Christian paper and that there are Christians working there."