Helaine Olen

HELAINE OLEN is a free-lance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Salon, Forbes, Business-Week, and elsewhere. She wrote and edited the popu-lar Money Makeover series in the Los Angeles Times . She lives in New York City with her family. Follow her on Twitter at @helaineolen.

HELAINE OLEN is a free-lance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Salon, Forbes, Business-Week, and elsewhere. She wrote and edited the popu-lar Money Makeover series in the Los Angeles Times . She lives in New York City with her family. Follow her on Twitter at @helaineolen. See less