Back in 2003 -- and because it was cheaper than therapy -- I started writing a weekly column about all the frustrations I had with remodeling, decorating, managing a hectic household, buying and selling houses, getting a grip on clutter, and how to live beautifully on a journalist's budget. You know, problems like dealing with the tile mason who has a drinking problem, or the teen who wants to paint her room lime green and black, or the clearing out of my parents' home of 50 years in one week. In other words, the stuff of life, which always hits home.My newspaper column, which became nationally syndicated,...
Julia Keller
Julia Keller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former cultural critic at the Chicago Tribune, is the author of many books for adults and young readers, including A Killing in the Hills, the first book in the Bell Elkins series and winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel (2013) ; Back Home; and The Dark Intercept. Keller has a Ph.D. in English literature from Ohio State and was awarded Harvard University's Nieman Fellowship. She was born in West Virginia and lives in Ohio.
Marni Jameson
Back in 2003 -- and because it was cheaper than therapy -- I started writing a weekly column about all the frustrations I had with remodeling, decorating, managing a hectic household, buying and selling houses, getting a grip on clutter, and how to live beautifully on a journalist's budget. You know, problems like dealing with the tile mason who has a drinking problem, or the teen who wants to paint her room lime green and black, or the clearing out of my parents' home of 50 years in one week. In other words, the stuff of life, which always hits home.My newspaper column, which became nationally syndicated,...
Julia Keller
Julia Keller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former cultural critic at the Chicago Tribune, is the author of many books for adults and young readers, including A Killing in the Hills, the first book in the Bell Elkins series and winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel (2013) ; Back Home; and The Dark Intercept. Keller has a Ph.D. in English literature from Ohio State and was awarded Harvard University's Nieman Fellowship. She was born in West Virginia and lives in Ohio.