Dibs Baer

Dibs Baer is an LA-based entertainment writer and the author/co-author of six books, including Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle: How Softball and Sisterhood Saved Lives in the South Bronx, named a “Best New Book” by People magazine.

She’s also ghostwritten boy band Why Don’t We’s smash bio In the Limelight, Parks and Recreation star Retta’s book of essays So Close To Being The Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know and the New York Times bestseller I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain, about iconic TV show The Bachelor.

During a 15-year stretch in NYC, Dibs was the executive editor of In Touch Weekly and worked on staff at CosmoGirl!, Lifetime, and Ladies’ Home Journal. Her stories have also appeared in Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Yahoo, HuffPo, Seventeen, Gotham, Hamptons, and Vegas magazines. Dibs’ specialty is profiling celebrities.