New York Post columnist, Daily Beast columnist, USA Today columnist.
Grew up in Alaska. House was full of guns and she was taught to shoot. Father is now a former member of the NRA.
Graduated from the University of Maryland and attended Georgetown University Law School for a year and a half.
A lifelong feminist.
Served in Bill Clinton's administration as the Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs and was the Vice-President for International Communications at America Online. Later, she was a Vice-President at the AOL-Time Warner Foundation.
Her ex-husband, Dr. Marty Makary, is a Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Her brother is a teacher. His daughter was born in 2006.