Peggy Chernow grew up in the affluent Maryland suburbs, outside of Washington, D.C. It was in the era of boarding schools, dancing cotillions, country clubs, and debutante parties. As a young girl, she traveled the world with her father, a photographer for National Geographic, and has incorporated a lifetime of interesting places and experiences into her work. Peggy had to cope with the dual tragedies of losing her mother to breast cancer and her 15-year-old daughter in a tragic motorcycle accident. Yet despite these heartbreaks, this spunky author takes life's challenges and turns them into entertaining, humorous, and riveting stories.