Jeannette Walls

Biography

Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona and her family lived in various southwestern towns before settling in Welch, West Virginia when she was ten. She graduated from Columbia University's Barnard College with honors and went on to become a reporter for New York magazine, Esquire, USA Today and MSNBC.com, where she currently works. She has appeared regularly on television, including the Today Show, CNN and PrimeTimeLive.

She currently lives in northern Virginia and is married to writer John Taylor. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, was a New York Times bestseller and is being turned into a movie by Paramount.