Joyce Lamb
As Senior Contributed Content Editor for the Adviser Intel channel on Kiplinger.com, Joyce edits articles from hundreds of financial experts about retirement planning strategies, including estate planning, taxes, personal finance, investing, charitable giving and more. She has more than 30 years of editing experience in business and features news, including 15 years in the Money section at USA Today.
Before coming to Kiplinger.com, she was head of her own freelance editing business, where she provided various editing services for dozens of novelists, including several New York Times and USA Today bestsellers. Before that, she spent 15 years as a copy editor and projects editor for USA Today’s Money section.
Also at USA Today, she founded the Happy Ever After blog, which focused on the $1.4 billion romance fiction industry.
Her editing background includes stints as News Editor at the Rockford Register Star in Rockford, Ill., where she was named a Gannett Supervisor of the Year, and Features Editor of Content and Production at The News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla.
She’s won several awards for her work over the years, including the Veritas Award from Romance Writers of America (RWA), given to writers of nonfiction work that best depicts the romance genre in a positive light.
As the USA Today bestselling author of eight romantic suspense novels, she has won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense and is a three-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award from RWA.
She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.
Latest articles by Joyce Lamb
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5 Things 50 Millionaires Wish They'd Known Before RetiringWho better to ask about retirement regrets than millionaires who've been there, done that? Here's what they wish they knew before entering their golden years.
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My First $1 Million: Attorney, 55, Rhode Island"Start a business with regular income and the potential for the occasional home run. Keep it small and profitable — don't build a monster you have to feed."
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5 Key Insights We Learned From 50 First-Time MillionairesWe've published more than 50 profiles of regular people sharing how they made their first $1 million. Their stories are rich with helpful insights.
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How a 48-Year-Old Higher Ed Director Reached Her First $1MThe best part: "Not losing any sleep over how to pay for retirement and then knowing I have enough time for compound interest to (make me) a multimillionaire."
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From a Late Career Start to Making $8 Million: A Minnesota Retiree's Story"Being in sales, you are always one quarter or two quarters away from being out of a job. For the security of my family, I always made sure I had a safety net."
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The 'Slow, Steady, Calculated Journey' From a Negative to a $1 Million Net Worth"There is freedom in amassing wealth and comfort. However, you can always make more money, but you can never make more time."
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How 'This Single Mother with Only a High School Education' Reached $1 Million and Retired at 59Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired Fiber Optic Splicer, 50, Columbus, OhioEver wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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'Getting Wealthy Has One Tried-and-True Formula'Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? This retired airline pilot shares how he got there — and then some.
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My First $1 Million: Information Tech Engineer, 54, NashvilleEver wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Film/TV Production Accountant, 58Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired Physician, 52, ChicagoEver wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Banking Executive, 37, NashvilleEver wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired Senior Policy Analyst, 64Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired From Real Estate, 75Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired Nuclear Plant Supervisor, 68Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Retired Aerospace Manager, 58, Denver"Making $1 million was never a goal, but maybe it should have been. I simply wanted to be debt-free and never worry about money."
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My First $1 Million: Risk Management Consultant, 55"Get the first $100,000 by age 34. That first $100,000, as Charlie Munger said, is the most difficult but most important."
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My First $1 Million: US Government Worker, 47, Overseas"If history is any indication, we expect to achieve many more millions before we officially and completely retire."
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My First $1 Million: Semiretired CPA, 68, San Francisco"Two decades ago, I said to my father, "I am a millionaire." His comment: "Isn't everybody?"
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My First $1 Million: Banking Executive, 48, Southeast US"We just did it by rigorous budgeting and saving for nine years. No business, no real estate, no inheritance."
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My First $1 Million: Retired Middle School Teacher, 68"Don't wait for our education system to teach you how to manage your money. Find those who have made it, pick their brains and start saving earlier."
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My First $1 Million: Retired In-House Corporate Lawyer, 74"I'm the millionaire next door in old sneakers and worn jeans. My neighbors, friends and relatives would be shocked to know our net worth."
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My First $1 Million: Self-Employed Trader, 50, San Francisco"Stop believing everyone is smarter and better than you and that you'll never make it. Bet on yourself and make it happen!"
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