Jeanne Phillips
Author
1942 –
Who is Jeanne Phillips?
Jeanne Phillips is an American advice columnist who writes the advice column Dear Abby.
She is the daughter of Pauline Phillips, who founded "Dear Abby" in 1956, and her husband, Morton Phillips. In a Dear Abby column on December 12, 2000, Pauline introduced Jeanne as co-creator of Dear Abby. They began to share the byline Abigail Van Buren and both were pictured with the column. Jeanne officially assumed the mantle of Dear Abby in August 2002, when the Phillips family made the announcement that Pauline had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Jeanne continues to write under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren".
Jeanne Phillips' Dear Abby is syndicated in about 1,400 newspapers in the U.S. with a combined circulation of more than 110 million. Dear Abby's website receives about 10,000 letters per week, seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters.
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- Born
- 1942
United States of America - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Washburn High School
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on July 23, 2013
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