Tara Parker-Pope is an American author of general-audience books on health and personal wellness. In April, 2022, she joined the Washington Post as editor of the newly formed wellness department. [1]
Parker-Pope was previously at The New York Times where she was a columnist and author of the "Well" blog. [2] Earlier, Parker-Pope wrote for the Wall Street Journal [3] and the Houston Chronicle. [4]
Her writing style is to mix personal observation with discussions of scientific research. For some, this style is appealing, as when Anne Colby writes in an online blog of the Los Angeles Times, "One of the perks of being a journalist is that it can give professional license to explore subjects of personal interest and to knock on doors closed to most people -- all in the course of doing your job. Author Tara Parker-Pope has made the most of that opportunity with her excellent new book." [5] For others, this approach yields "relationship advice [which] is familiar and commonsensical," even as "married couples will still benefit from this refresher course." [6]
Parker-Pope was born in Arizona, and has lived in Japan, Taiwan, Texas and Ohio. She has a college-age daughter and lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with her aging pets — Sunshine (cat) and Maddie (dog). [7]
Bebe Moore Campbell was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.
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