艾琳·贝克于2008年开始从事专业写作，当时她是西弗吉尼亚大学学生报纸《每日雅典人报》的专栏作家。She has worked in health promotion at the university and as a communications intern at the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She has a Bachelor of Science in journalism and a Master of Public Health, both from West Virginia University.
