Blyth is currently the Senior Vice President and Editorial Director of AARP Media.
[4] She is also the author of two novels, Cousin Suzanne and For Better and For Worse, both Literary Guild selections, and two non-fiction books, Spin Sisters, which was a New York Times bestseller and How To Raise An American.
Blyth was the Chairman of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
She has written articles and short stories for many publications including The New Yorker, New York, Redbook, Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest.
She was Editor-in-Chief of ThirdAge.com, the longest established website for boomer women.