About JJ Hubal top writer cartoonist

“I write what I live,” is the motto of bestselling author and cartoonist JJ Hubal whose inspiring and entertaining work spans five decades.

JJ, together with her husband Jim, wrote Living with Your Higher Power (Simon & Schuster), the recovery workbook series which has sold nearly one million copies, and A Week at the Beach (Hachette), a guide to the life-changing power of being near the ocean. Her cartoons and humor essays have appeared in Cosmopolitan, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Post, the HSUS magazine Animal Sheltering, King Syndicate’s Sunday Woman Plus, and the senior health magazine thrive, among many others. JJ’s cartoons were also used in two lines of greeting cards and are currently sold worldwide through Cartoon Stock.  

Now after a lifetime of living JJ has aimed her authentic voice and engaging wit at the complicated journey of getting older. Her latest book, Goodbye Old, Hello Bold: A Joyful Leap into a World of New Possibilities as We Age (Mango), is a high-energy, illustrated mix of humor and hope, empowering insights, and a clear doable way to discover new possibilities at any age.

JJ lives with Jim and their rescue cat Mango, all of whom are happily aging in place in Savannah, Georgia.