Episode 36: Books About the Bottom Line

In this episode of The Watchung Booksellers Podcast, journalists Farnoosh Torabi and Grace L. Williams talk about financial writing and books that focus on women and money.

Grace L. Williams is a scholar of feminism and economics who moonlights as a financial reporter and podcast co-host. She is the author of the newly released Give Her Credit, a book that spotlights women's banks in the 1970s. She is an alum of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where ironically she wrote a thesis on “Freeganism,” which is the magical art of surviving while buying nothing. Her writing has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Harvard Business Review, Yahoo Finance, among many others. She is the editor of Montclair Neighbors and lives with her family in Montclair.

Farnoosh Torabi is an Iranian American journalist and one of the country’s leading and most trusted personal finance experts. For more than twenty years, she’s dedicated her career to helping people become financially empowered and lead richer lives. She’s written multiple books, hosted a CNBC program, and served as the resident money columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. Today she hosts the long-running, Webby-honored podcast So Money, which has earned over twenty-five million downloads. Her latest book is A Healthy State of Panic, available in paperback now. Farnoosh holds a degree in finance from Penn State and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. She lives in Montclair with her family and just recently began the Montclair Pod, which explores politics, businesses, and community, along with some suburban gossip and drama.

Books:
A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.

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