Jeanne Phillips

For the businesswoman and diplomat, see Jeanne L. Phillips.
Jeanne Phillips
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Known forDear Abby
Spouses
Luke McKissack
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(m. 1973, divorced)​
M. Walter Harris
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(m. 2001; died 2020)​
ParentPauline Phillips (mother)
Relatives

Jeanne Phillips (/ˈdʒiːni/ JEE-nee;[1] born 1942),[2] also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Pauline Esther Phillips, who founded Dear Abby in 1956.

Jeanne Phillips' Dear Abby column is syndicated in about 1,400 newspapers in the U.S. with a combined circulation of more than 110 million.[3] Dear Abby's website receives about 10,000 letters per week,[4] seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters.[5]

  1. ^ Justin, Neal (July 20, 2002). "Dear Abby's daughter emerges as Dear Abby". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Weiner, Richard; Levine, Charles M. (2006). The Skinny About Best boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media. New York: Random House. p. 15. ISBN 0-375-72147-9. Jeanne Phillips (b. 1942) writes Dear Abby, the advice column started by her mother Pauline Esther Phillips (b. 1918 as Pauline Esther Friedman).
  3. ^ Memmott, Mark (January 17, 2013). "'Dear Abby' Dies; Pauline Phillips Was Adviser To Millions". NPR. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Margalit Fox (January 1, 2013). "Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dear Abby: Thank you for p ..." The Washington Post. August 28, 2004. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 15, 2019.