High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Meredith Maran (born 1951, in New York) is a journalist and writer. She has written eight books, several of them San Francisco Chronicle best-sellers. She writes features, essays, and book reviews for People, Self, Real Simple, Vibe, Ladies Home Journal and Mother Jones and contributes regularly to Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Family Circle and More magazines. Maran’s storytelling is regarded as colorful, compelling, sympathetic, and evocative. Her memoir, My Lie, has been described as a persuasive, compelling critique of media and psychology.