Barbara Mahany
Barbara Mahany is a journalist and author based in Wilmette, Illinois, best known for her heartfelt columns and front-page stories in the Chicago Tribune.
Writing from the perspective of a Christian-Jewish interfaith marriage, she explores sacred mysteries with honesty and clarity.
Originally trained as a pediatric oncology nurse, she later expanded her humanities education at Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School during a Nieman Fellowship year.
A sought-after speaker and writing teacher, she lives with her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin, and their two sons.
