Getting Started in Estate Planning

As the baby boom generation creeps up on retirement age, estate planning is becoming an issue of increasing concern. Written by the former personal finance columnist for USA Today, this book demystifies the complicated, often confusing world of estate planning, and offers basic strategies that everyone can use alone or with a professional planner to simplify the estate planning process.Kerry Hannon (Washington, DC) is a money columnist for iVillage.com and Internet Women's Network. Prior to her stint at USA Today, she was an associate editor at US News & World Report. She has written for Money, Working Woman, Forbes, and Good Housekeeping and has appeared on CBS, CNBC, and numerous radio programs.

KERRY HANNON is an expert money columnist for iVillage.com, the women’s Internet network. She is a former personal finance columnist for USA Today and editor and writer for U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Money, and Forbes. Hannon speaks regularly on personal finance topics and has a monthly radio show called Financial Fitness, in Washington, D.C., on Chancellor Radio stations. Her prior books include The 10-Minute Guide to Retirement for Women, and Suddenly Single: Money Skills for Divorcées and Widows (Wiley).