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e book shares lessons from her three decades in the TV news trenches, from her first job as a secretary at ABC to White House producer at Ted Turner's startup Cable News Network. A CNN "original," Walker joined the network when it launched in 1980, covering the White House during three administrations and traveling the world for presidential summits. She later produced CNN's Larry King Live for 18 years. Notorious, a 2016 ABC television series about a charismatic defense attorney and a cable TV producer, was loosely based on the friendship between real life attorney Mark Geragos and Walker, who both served as the show's executive producers. But these days, Walker is staying closer to home, having found new purpose in home design, art, family (she has two adult children), friendships, and philanthropy. She supports the Global BrainTrust, an initiative focused on women's brain health and dementia prevention, and serves on the board of the Edith Eger Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people overcome trauma. Walker is close friends with Eger, a 98-year-old psychologist and Holocaust survivor. Long known for her design savvy and organizational skills, Walker and her home are now featured on "Homeworthy," a digital media platform and YouTube channel founded by Alison Kenworthy offering video tours of swoon-worthy, beautifully decorated homes around the world. "We believe every home has a story," says Kenworthy. Walker is also offering insights and design advice on Instagram, Substack, and TikTok. "One of my passions is decorating," Walker says. "If I hadn't been a producer, I'd be an interior designer." One of her three sisters is a designer, with whom she collaborated on her home. Walker, who has a degree in art from Hollins University in Virginia, describes her home's style as "cozy with a European accent," informed by her art studies in Paris, "an experience that shaped the way I see beauty, balance, and the little details that make a home feel lived in," she says. She recalls sitting on the floor at the Louvre Museum, sketching furniture for a school project. ose sketches, which she later hand-painted, now adorn a bathroom wall. Her extensive trips around the world — 50 countries in all — as a television producer have also influenced her style. She has filled her home with treasures from those travels, from fine antiques to finds from the Paris flea markets (her favorite places in the world). Walker was known for bringing some "crazy" items back on press planes, including enormous garlic pots she found in Beijing. e light-filled living room is a mix of antique and contemporary furnishings including comfortable chairs from Los Angeles interior designer and author Nathan Turner, known for "laid- back luxury," who has been featured on Bravo's Million Dollar Decorators. Walker is especially drawn to hand-painted furniture from France, Italy, and Sweden. She commissioned the late artist Todd Murphy to paint the large piece that hangs over the fireplace, a long, ethereal gown with a voluminous skirt decorated with flowers, twigs, and hummingbirds (a nod to the birds which dart about her property). On the opposite wall, a Swedish painting from a Los Angeles antique store depicts children at play, a lovely reminder of her own family. She also treasures a hand-painted 18th-century mirror from C'est La Vie in Encinitas, and entryway benches and art from the former McNally Company Antiques in Rancho Santa Fe. Walker enjoys entertaining in her glass-enclosed dining room, which opens onto a patio with a fountain and firepit. Although connect people The airy living room opens onto a patio and swimming pool and features a mix of modern pieces, antiques, and flea market finds << ranchandcoast.com 86 APRIL 2026 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE