Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls was born on April 21, 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona.
* She is an American author and journalist.
* Her memoir, The Glass Castle, was published in 2005 and became a New York Times bestseller.
* The book was adapted into a film in 2017.
* Walls has also written two other books, The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses.
* She lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.
* Walls is a graduate of Barnard College.
* She worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time author.
* Walls is a recipient of the Alex Awards and Christopher Award.