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In January, 2016, Lillian McCloy celebrated her 90th birthday. For this momentous occasion, her daughter Johanna McCloy presented her with the following gift: she would transcribe, edit, and publish the memoir that Lillian drafted on her Selectric typewriter over 20 years before.
Johanna McCloy, a freelance writer and editor, published Six Car Lengths Behind an Elephant: Undercover & Overwhelmed as a CIA Wife and Mother under the Bordertown Publishing imprint in July, 2016. With no advance marketing and very limited exposure, Lillian McCloy’s memoir garnered prominent author endorsements and gets rave reader reviews. (The book sells more copies every year.)
Bordertown Publishing released two more publications in Fall, 2022: Dare to be Fabulous and the Dare to be Fabulous Journal Notebook. The inspiring and entertaining personal stories in Dare to be Fabulous were curated from over fifty essays Johanna solicited, edited, and featured on her former website.
Johanna has been a featured speaker at Arts & Culture events, talking about her mother’s memoir and their CIA life, and has led group discussions around the spirit and theme of Dare to be Fabulous. Please contact Bordertown Publishing if you’re interested in having Johanna as a featured speaker for a future event.
You’ll also find Johanna on Substack. Her publication is titled In This Life.