Author Bio
Lauren Weber grew up with a father who rationed toilet paper and rarely used his car's turn signals (to prevent them from burning out). She attended Wesleyan University and was a Knight-Bagehot journalism fellow at Columbia University. Lauren was formerly a staff reporter at Newsday and Reuters, and has also written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other publications.
For thrifty tips and conversation, Lauren likes to visit Getrichslowly.org, Thedailygreen.com, Homegrownevolution.com, Thesimpledollar.com and Time magazine’s smart new frugal blog, Cheapskate.blogs.time.com.