Jeannette Walls Biography

Jeannette Walls is an American author and journalist best known for her memoir “The Glass Castle” (2005), a New York Times bestseller for over eight years, translated into 31 languages, and adapted into a 2017 film. The book details her unconventional, nomadic childhood raised by eccentric, often neglectful parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls, alongside her siblings. 

Walls graduated from Barnard College in 1984 with honors, funded partly by grants and loans. Her journalism career includes roles as a reporter for The Phoenix newspaper, a contributor to Esquire, and a gossip columnist for MSNBC.com. She has authored other works, including “Half Broke Horses” (2009), a fictionalized biography of her grandmother, and “The Silver Star” (2013). Walls, married to writer John Taylor since 1988, lives in Virginia. Her storytelling blends resilience and humor, earning her awards like the Christopher Award.

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