Lois Cahall
Lois Cahall began her career as a newspaper journalist in Boston, Massachusetts and as an associate producer for Nick and Judith Krantz, pursuing true-life stories for CBS TV movies.
In 1998 Cahall started a newspaper column entitled that later became a blog, www.screenqueen.com. In 1999 Blockbuster video sponsored a weekly show for Cahall on various radio outlets. Now a syndicated radio personality she is sponsored by Pepsi. Cahall covers 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 reach more than 1 million listeners every week.
Stepping outside of her persona of “The Screen Queen” Cahall writes about women’s empowerment issues for women’s magazines—including Redbook, Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, SELF, Marie Claire, Reader's Digest, Men's Journal, and in the UK.
In 2010 Cahall pursued her mission of addressing issues in women’s daily lives as a host of TV’s ABC News’ Top Priority and Good Morning America Now.
With an ever-growing trend towards the food & wine phenomenon, Cahall has written several articles for Bon Appetit magazine, and in 2010 was named Editor-In-Chief of The Lichine Report for Chateau D’Esclans in Provence, France. The rosé was recently voted number one by Wine Spectator.
Cahall has completed her first novel, Plan C: Just in Case, published by Bloomsbury and available January 2012. It is edited by Simon Beaufoy, The Full Monty screenwriter nominated for an Oscar in 2011 for his screenplay 127 Hours. He won both the Oscar & Golden Globe for his runaway script Slumdog Millionaire.
Cahall now divides her life between New York City and London, and is represented by Inkwell Management in New York City and PFD’s Caroline Michel in the UK.