Vicki Haddock worked closely with Belva Davis to organize nearly a half-century of a life filled with historic moments, a job she was well suited to handle. Haddock spent three decades in Bay Area journalism, working as a reporter, editor, and occasional columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner, and before that, as a political editor and writer at the Oakland Tribune. Her freelance work has appeared in magazines and newspapers throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Africa, and Europe.