1. She was born in Phoenix, Ariona but grew up all over: California, Battle Mountain, Nevada, and Welch, West Virginia; her family was even homeless at times.
2. She moved to New York at age 17 and graduated from Barnard College.
3. She is married to journalist John J. Taylor, author of The Count and the Confession: A True Murder Mystery, among other things.
4. She has written for various magazines and newspapers: New York, Esquire and USA Today.
5. She is a former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com.
6. In 2000, she published Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip.
7. In 2005, she published her bestselling memoir The Glass Castle; it is being developed into a movie by Paramount.
8. In 2009, she published her first novel, Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, mildly based on her grandma.
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