Who Is Carol Weston?

That's a tough one. I'm a grown-up girl, a mom-wife-daughter-sister-friend, a cat fan, a New York Upper West Sider who loves to travel, a guest on Today, Oprah, and 48 Hours (well, once each), "the reigning advice columnist at GL magazine" (so says Newsweek), a novelist/author of twelve books who enjoys visiting schools, a person who finds peace in art museums, a Yale Phi Beta Kappa who wrote for Seventeen at age nineteen, a speaker of French and Spanish (and mumbler of Italian), a speaker at schools from Alaska to Florida (not on the same day), and hmmm, what else? My parents were writers, and I'm afraid my birthday is September 11th. Oh, and I've had 19 letters in The New York Times. (Who knew? The Times knew. They keep track!)

The Columbus Dispatch said, "A little G-rated advice can go a long way to help young girls navigate an R-rated world. Carol Weston is standing by." And it's true. I am standing by.

But I like sitting sometimes too! And playing Hearts and Boggle and keeping family scrapbooks and baking cookies and watching movies and reading the paper and going to Book Club. I also like skiing and boogie-boarding. (Odd favorite sports, I know.) Since we all have different strengths, let me confess that I have a truly terrible sense of direction.

If you want to know more, check out my photos and resume. Or visit the press room and contact me. Thanks for asking!

P.S. Nancy Mayfield took the photo above--in Mexico!