Ms. Cahall began her writing career as a columnist for Cape Cod newspapers and local periodicals including Cape Cod Life before spending over a decade writing for women’s, men’s, and food magazines. Her articles have been published in Redbook, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, SELF, Marie Claire, Ladies Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Journal, and Bon Appetit. In the UK she’s written for RED, GQ, Psychologies, and for The Times.

Ms. Cahall’s first novel, Plan C: Just in Case, (Bloomsbury 2012) was a #1 best-seller in the UK. It remained in the top three for e-book fiction on Amazon for that year before selling into international translation markets. Ms. Cahall’s second novel Court of the Myrtles (Bloomsbury) was hailed as “Tuesdays with Morrie on estrogen,” by Ladies Home Journal.  Her forthcoming novel is entitled The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery.

Lois Cahall has become a singularly successful advocate for authors, editors, and publishers. In 2015 she founded the Palm Beach Book Festival, a 501 c-3 non-profit bringing in New York Times best-selling and celebrity authors.  Her reach spans between the world’s most beloved commercial fiction writers to award-winning authors of literary merit. 

James Patterson is the Palm Beach Festival’s Honorary Chairman.  In 2020 Ms. Cahall was named Creative Director of Development for James Patterson Entertainment (JPE) adapting his novels into films. With his blessing, she’s now turned her direction to her home state of Massachusetts, founding the Cape Cod Book Festival (CCBF.) 

Ms. Cahall divides her life between Cape Cod and New York, although her spiritual home is London.  But most importantly, she can twirl the Hula Hoop for an hour non-stop and clear a Thanksgiving table in just under ten minutes. And we won’t even discuss how fast she can shuck an oyster, though she savors her clam chow-dah slowly.