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BiographyJoBeth McDaniel has been writing for national publications for more than 18 years. Her work has appeared in Life, Islands, House Beautiful, Spa, Reader’s Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Travel & Leisure, Self, Chicago, Travel Weekly, The New York Times and Westways, among others. JoBeth's essays have been published in books including The Gift of Travel: The Best of Travelers' Tales; Travelers' Tales: Love and Romance; Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul; and Voyages, where she wrote about the Pacific Coast. She is the author of A Special Kind of Hero (Doubleday, Dell, Authors Guild), which debuted on Barnes & Noble's bestseller list. School Library Journal picked Hero for its Best Book of the Year section. JoBeth also wrote about the subject, actor Chris Burke, in a Life magazine cover story. Another Life story, about orca Keiko (star of Free Willy), won a Genesis award. A Life story about grandparents raising their grandchildren has been optioned for a television movie. Many of her stories have been reprinted around the world, mostly in Great Britain, Brazil, Belgium, South Africa and Australia. |
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