Deborah L JacobsDeborah L. Jacobs is a lawyer and award-winning journalist who has written about everything from travel to taxes. In Estate Planning Smarts, now in the fourth edition, she draws on 17 years of writing about the stressful issues that surround estate panning. Her articles for The New York Times, Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Forbes, BusinessWeek and many other publications have been widely cited and circulated by both advisers and consumers. Readers appreciate her clear, concise explanations of complex subjects and her ability to combine real-life stories with reassuring, practical advice. A former senior editor at Forbes and a dynamic speaker, Deborah Jacobs has also been interviewed as an expert by reporters from many different media outlets, including The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, MarketWatch and CBS TV. To keep readers current between editions of Estate Planning Smarts, Jacobs issues updates that can be downloaded from her book's web site, www.estateplanningsmarts.com. Read More Read Less