{"id":132,"date":"2026-07-13T17:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:04:12","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"132\" class=\"elementor elementor-132\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37de157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37de157\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21b51c9\" data-id=\"21b51c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e56ef1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e56ef1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd25133\" data-id=\"bd25133\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f842c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7f842c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-59\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rebeccadmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdd8937\" data-id=\"bdd8937\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9017ef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9017ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rebecca McDonald<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3933d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3933d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rebecca McDonald is an author, educator, historian, and lifelong storyteller whose work celebrates the enduring power of family, history, and human connection. 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