John Grogan was a Pennsylvania columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the former editor in chief of Rodale’s Organic Gardening magazine. He has previously worked as a reporter, a bureau chief, and a columnist at newspapers in Michigan and Florida. His work has won numerous awards, including the National Press Club’s Consumer Journalism Award. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Marley & Me and currently lives in Pennsylvania. The Phildelphia Inquirer is a daily morning newspaper that serves the Phildelphia, Pennsylvania area. The newspaper was founded in 1829 and is the third oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. The Inquirer has the tenth largest weekly U.S. newspaper circulation, and has won eighteen Pulitzer Prizes.