Peggy Noonan is an author and writer of numerous essays and articles in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and other publications. She is a contributing editor to Time Magazine and Good Housekeeping, and is a trustee of the Manhattan Institute.In 1995, she wrote a PBS series on the debate over American values. Peggy was speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986. In 1988, she was chief speechwriter for George Bush when he ran for the presidency.
 
Before entering the Reagan White House, Peggy was a producer at CBS News in New York, where she wrote and produced Dan Rather's daily radio commentary. She also wrote television news specials for CBS News. She holds honorary doctorates from Adelphi University, St. John Fisher College, and her alma mater, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Peggy lives in New York with her son.