Alina Tugend has
been a journalist for almost thirty years. She started her career at
United Press International in Providence, Rhode Island, and has worked as
a journalist in Washington, DC, Southern California, London, and New York.
Tugend has written the biweekly ShortCuts column for the New York Times business section since 2005, and her
personal finance columns received a Best in Business Award from the Society of
American Business Editors and Writers in 2011. She is the author of Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits
of Being Wrong and lives outside of New York City with her husband and two
sons.
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