Bailey White

June Bailey White (born May 31, 1950) is an American author and a regular radio commentator for the National Public Radio program All Things Considered.

Biography June Bailey White was born in Thomasville, Georgia, May 31, 1950. She is the daughter of Robb White, who was a fiction writer, and Rosalie White (née Mason), a farmer. White grew up with her mother in Georgia, while her father lived and wrote in Hollywood. Her mother, and her mother's South Georgian eccentricity, have been central to her writing. Her mother died in 1994.

After graduating from Florida State University in 1973, Bailey White moved to California, where she married her father's best friend. Her friend, Daniel Pinkwater, convinced her to submit some commentaries to NPR. Her gravelly voice and gift for portraying the unusual personalities of people in the rural South with gentle wit proved very popular with her NPR audience.