Helen Muir wrote about South Florida for over six decades, beginning in 1934, when she came to Miami Beach from the New York Journal to direct publicity at the Roney Plaza. Since then, she has written columns for both The Miami Herald and the now-defunct Miami News, served as children's book editor of the Herald and drama critic and women's editor of the News, wrote a syndicated column from Miami, and had written for national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Nation's Business, and Woman's Day. Toby and Mary Muir, Helen's children, are revising the book for a new edition.
