Editing David Baldacci (section)

==Personal life and philanthropy==
Baldacci lives in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], with his family. He has a daughter and a son.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2007/08/01/mystery-man-david-baldacci/ | title=Mystery Man: David Baldacci - Washingtonian | date=August 2007 }}</ref>

Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, founded the Wish You Well Foundation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wishyouwellfoundation.org|title=Home|website=Wish You Well Foundation}}</ref> which works to combat illiteracy in the United States by funding adult literacy programs.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.virginialiving.com/arts-events/david-baldacci/ |title=David Baldacci |last=Alison Bonaguru |website=[[Virginia Living]] |year=2013 |access-date=May 17, 2013}}</ref> Baldacci became involved with the [[National Multiple Sclerosis Society]] after his sister, author Sharon Baldacci, was diagnosed with MS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmssociety.org/online-community/personal-stories/david-baldacci/index.aspx |title=David Baldacci |website=National MS Society |year=2013 |quote=author Sharon Baldacci was diagnosed with MS. |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517055211/http://www.nationalmssociety.org/online-community/personal-stories/david-baldacci/index.aspx |archive-date=May 17, 2012 }}</ref> In 2008 the Foundation partnered with Feeding America to launch Feeding Body & Mind.

Baldacci has served for more than a decade on the board of trustees of the [[Mark Twain House|Mark Twain House & Museum]] in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2019, he donated $1 million to the home.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/novelist-david-baldacci-gifts-1m-mark-twain-home-64290550 |title=Novelist David Baldacci gifts $1M to Mark Twain home |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=12 July 2019 |access-date=28 May 2022}}</ref>