Beth ARNOLD

Beth Arnold is an award-winning journalist, essayist, and author of JOURS OF OUR LIVES: ON THE ROAD IN FRANCE AND BEYOND and A MODERN DECLARATION. Her writing on politics, culture, travel, art, and American life has appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, Salon, HuffPost, Vogue. InStyle, Self, American Way, Premiere, Mirabella, and others. She was a finalist for a Bunting Fellowship at Radcliffe for a novel and a semifinalist for a Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a screenplay.

Raised in a close-knit Arkansas family that prized equality, integrity, and public service, Beth learned early that truth matters and that citizens have responsibilities to one another. Her political education deepened on Capitol Hill, where she worked for Senator John L. McClellan during the Watergate era.

In 2002, Beth and her husband, writer James Morgan, left Arkansas for a six-month creative journey through France—and stayed for ten years. There she wrote her acclaimed blog “Letter From Paris” and Jours of Our Lives, a candid account of travel, reinvention, and pursuing a creative dream.

Beth now writes FROM THE INSIDE OUT, exploring politics, culture, and American life. Her newest book, A Modern Declaration, was inspired by reading stories of the American founding with her grandson. Written in the tradition of revolutionary pamphlets, it calls Americans to defend democracy and recognize their power as citizens.