Lois Cahall began her writing career as a newspaper journalist in Cape Cod and Boston, Massachusetts. As an associate producer for Nick Krantz (son of Judith Krantz) she pursued true-life stories for CBS TV movies. While raising her daughters, she wrote cover stories and profiles for the local Cape Cod newspaper.
Today Ms. Cahall is the Creative Director of Development for James Patterson Entertainment as well as Founder/Creative Director for the Palm Beach Book Festival, an annual event founded in 2015, brining in NYT best-selling and celebrity authors to raise literacy awareness.
Ms. Cahall is a best-selling author whose first novel Plan C: Just in Case, published by Bloomsbury, January of 2012 was #1 on eBooks in the UK. It remained in the top three fiction for the year before selling hardcover into foreign translation markets. In July of 2014, in America, her novel hit #1 on the Nook “Daily Deal.”
“Racy, insouciant, uproarious, plugged-in and turned-on, Lois Cahall’s Plan C is a breathless romp that knows all the best places to go, the worst people to avoid, and the perfect wisecrack to top off every occasion…kick back, raise a glass, and enjoy the ride.” – James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
“This is that rare and delicious thing, a satire with a heart. Lois Cahall has written a ‘Thelma and Louise’ for a credit-crunched world…Cahall skewers the ridiculous follies of modern life with a perfect six-inch heel. She also forgives all our vanities. Which is what makes this, finally, a surprisingly moving read.” – Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Ms. Cahall’s second novel Court of the Myrtles (Bloomsbury) was hailed as “Tuesdays with Morrie on estrogen,” – Ladies Home Journal.
Ms. Cahall has written for women’s magazines – including Redbook, Seventeen, SELF, Marie Claire, Ladies Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Journal, and Bon Appetit. In the UK she’s written for RED, GQ and Psychologies magazines…and for the London Times. In 2010 Ms. Cahall pursued her mission of addressing issues in women’s daily lives as a host of TV’s ABC News’ Top Priority and occasional host of GMA Now.
In addition, and until 2021, Ms. Cahall spent twenty-seven years as “The Screen Queen” (www.screenqueen.com), a syndicated radio personality covering the movie beat with an eye toward educating the ‘Bus Stop Mom’ about age-appropriate family viewing of the latest Hollywood releases. Her broadcasts over the Saga Communications network reached 1 million listeners every week, initially sponsored by Blockbuster Video and then later sponsored by PEPSI. She is the former Vice-President of SEFCA (Southeastern Film Critics Association) of which she remains a member in good standing.
Ms. Cahall divides her life –with lots of books – between New York and Palm Beach, although her spiritual home is London. But most importantly, Ms. Cahall can do the Hula Hoop for an hour non-stop, and clear a Thanksgiving table in just under ten minutes.
www.palmbeachbookfestival.com
Author of Plan C; Court of the Myrtles
