Journalist and author JoBeth McDaniel grew up in Alabama and started her career in Atlanta before moving to California and stumping everyone with her drawl. She has freelanced since she was a teenaged college student, with work later published in Reader’s Digest, House Beautiful, The New York Times, AARP Magazine and AARP Bulletin, Robb Report, LIFE, Newsweek, and elsewhere. JoBeth’s essays were selected for several anthologies, including two college textbooks. Her bestselling book, on actor Chris Burke, was a Literary Guild selection, and on Best Book of the Year lists. She earned an MFA in 2017 from Mount Saint Mary’s University, and is currently finishing her memoir about her 30-year friendship and travels with author Nelle Harper Lee.
