Sarah Glendon Lyons is a San Diego-based writer with a diverse portfolio
of housing-industry experience. She holds a B.A. in English Language and
Literature from the University of Arizona and studied at Australia's University
of Wollongong before joining Hanley Wood LLC, publishers of over 75 con-
sumer home magazines. As an editor for Pfi ngsten Publishing's Mortgage
Originator magazine, she has written hundreds of articles for mortgage pro-
fessionals. Although she has developed a wide scope of lending insight, her
particular expertise is in the reverse mortgage fi eld. Sarah offers reverse
mortgage information to originators and consumers around the country. Her
perspective as an unbiased researcher and consultant allows her to provide
readers with both the benefi ts and challenges of reverse mortgages. Sarah is
the coauthor of Reverse Mortgages For Dummies.
Margaret A. Munro, EA, is a tax consultant/advisor/writer/lecturer with
over 30 years of experience in various areas of fi nance and taxation. She is
an enrolled agent, licensed by the federal government to represent clients
in the areas of tax and tax-related issues. She currently operates a widely
diverse private practice that specializes in the fi nancial concerns of families
with school-age children, a group that is near and dear to her heart. She is a
graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and has also attended University
College Cork and the Pontifi cal Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto.
Peggy is the author of 529 & Other College Savings Plans For Dummies and
Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies.
Brenda Watson Newmann is a writer and editor dedicated to helping ordi-
nary folks understand complicated topics. She was in charge of editorial
content for the mPower Cafe, a leading educational Web site for retirement
investors. Under her direction, the site won accolades including Forbes maga-
zine's "Best of the Web." Brenda keeps attuned to the concerns of 401(k)
investors through the emails she receives regularly from readers. She fre-
quently writes articles on retirement investing and has been interviewed by
media outlets, such as USA Today and Investor's Business Daily. Brenda began
her writing career with The Associated Pres, and was a foreign correspon-
dent in Germany and Switzerland. She is a graduate of Stanford University
and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Brenda is the coauthor of 401(k)s For Dummies.
Mary Reed is a personal fi nance writer who has coauthored or ghostwrit-
ten numerous books on topics related to consumer money matters and legal
rights. Mary has also written for the magazines Good Housekeeping, Home
Offi ce Computing, and Small Business Computing and she has ghostwritten
