Charlotte Hays

Joining the Independent Women's Forum in 1999 as editor of The Women's Quarterly, Charlotte Hays now serves as director of cultural programs, where she blogs daily on The Inkwell. A former correspondent for the National Catholic Register and former feature writer at The Washington Times, Hays has been fascinated by politics since covering local politics for alternative weeklies in New Orleans. She is coauthor of three humorous books on southern culture, the first of which was the best-selling Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. She is also author of Fortune Hunters, a book on what it takes to make a Midas marriage.