Family
Fern is the great-niece of the late newspaperman Charles "Charlie" Fern (after whom she was nicknamed), who was an aviator, barnstormer and longtime editor of The Garden Island newspaper in Hawaii. Her father, Col. Albert Fern (retired), a West Point Military Academy graduate, also wrote a column, "Fern's Turn", and edited The Russ newspaper at San Diego High School his senior year.
Charlie Fern lives in Austin, Texas, with her son Elliot.
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