Joyce Lamb
As 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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My First $1 Million: Retiree, 63, Chicago Metro Area
"Ongoing 401(k) contributions, working with a financial adviser and remaining well diversified has been the strategy all along."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Tech Industry Director, 78, Delaware County, Ohio
"My mother was a world-class saver. She taught me to save more than you spend, and pay cash or don't buy it."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Self-Employed Attorney, 75, Coast of Washington
"Whenever I got a few bucks up, the money went into my defined contribution plan. When I hit about age 50, the money began to multiply."
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My First $1 Million: Air Force Veteran, 68, Duluth, Ga.
"I realized that my investments made me more money that year than my military salary. That was an awesome feeling."
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My First $1 Million: Early Retiree, 57, Western North Carolina
"I was tempted in my 20s to sell that stock I'd been given and buy a Corvette, but I resisted the urge, and I'm happy with how that worked out."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired International Finance Director, 68, Atlanta
"Taking things slow and steady and having a good life is best. Also, get a good tax person and a good estate attorney."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retirement Coach, 69, Sammamish, Wash.
"I bought two bottles of champagne — one cheap and the other expensive — to remind myself it didn't matter."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Events Industry CEO, 65, Northern New Jersey
"Work hard and be totally honest. Own up to mistakes and protect your name and reputation above all other things."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Semiretired Entrepreneur, 64, Nashville
"Do the task or service incredibly well over a period of time. Be consistent. Don’t keep switching horses."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Literacy Interventionist, 59, Colorado
"It was good timing. I feel fortunate that I invested my inheritance in real estate in our rapidly growing market."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Writer, 59, New England
"I thought of my late father and how excited he’d be. Not for the money per se, just for the achievement."
By Joyce Lamb
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Advisers Share What They and Their Clients Are Thankful For
From pie to growing retirement accounts to moderating inflation, financial advisers and their clients have much to be happy about this Thanksgiving.
By Joyce Lamb
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How Can I Prepare for an Unexpected Financial Emergency?
We asked some of our contributing financial experts what to do to cover emergencies, in addition to having an emergency fund. They give some great suggestions.
By Joyce Lamb
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Experts Share the Real Estate Investing Trends They're Seeing Now
We asked some of our contributing financial experts to tell us about real estate investing trends they’re seeing right now and how investors might jump on board.
By Joyce Lamb
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Financial Advisers Share the Best Financial Advice They’ve Ever Received
Some of our favorite advisers take a walk down memory lane to share with readers the financial advice that’s made a big difference in their lives.
By Joyce Lamb
