Lisa McCubbin Hill

Lisa McCubbin Hill is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. While writing her first book The Kennedy Detail in 2009, she interviewed the legendary Secret Service Agent Clint Hill. Assigned to protect Jacqueline Kennedy, Hill was honored for his bravery and swift actions during the assassination of JFK.

Lisa and Clint collaborated on three subsequent NY Times bestselling books about Hill's fascinating career serving five presidents, including the 2012 #1 bestseller, Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Presidents.

In 2021, Lisa and Clint married and she changed her name to Lisa McCubbin Hill.
Their fourth book together, My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, (October 2022) is the moving story of Hill's discovery of long-forgotten memorabilia in an old trun

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