Heloise

People magazine called her “the world’s best-known housekeeper.” The New York Daily News called her "the high priestess of household hints." The Christian Science Monitor acknowledged she's, "Still the nation's dragon slayer of household tasks." Working Woman magazine dubbed her "Household hints tipster extraordinaire." And "...there'll always be a market for practical advice, whether you read it in the paper or download it to your hard drive." As author of the internationally popular column, "Hints from Heloise," she's undoubtedly the world's most famous name in household advice. Heloise, whose seven-days-a-week column is syndicated by King Features to more than 500 newspapers across the United States and in 20 countries has also written eight books which have sold millions of copies. She is a contributing editor and writes a monthly column for Good Housekeeping magazine (The Heloise Helpline). A frequent guest on network and local talk shows, she is also a star attraction at conventions, fairs, and on the lecture circuit. She devotes considerable time and energy on behalf of charitable organizations, making frequent appearances for the Shelter for Battered Women and the Lighthouse for the Blind. In 1991, the National Mental Health Association honored Heloise with its first Mental Health Mission Award for her outstanding contribution to mental health education of the public through her column. Heloise grew into her role as columnist at the knee of her legendary mother who began writing the first Hints from Heloise for the Honolulu Advertiser in 1959. Her daughter quickly learned how to tackle problems that are common to everyday households, and, while still in her teens, worked full-time during summer vacations on the increasingly popular column. Although she had set out to teach math, she decided after graduating from Southwest Texas State University that writing Hints from Heloise was what she really wanted to do.