About the Author

Liz Weston is an award-winning personal finance columnist who authors the question-and-answer column “Money Talk,” which appears in the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers throughout the country.

Liz has been a regular commentator on American Public Media’s Marketplace Money and has contributed to NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” and “All Things Considered.” She has appeared on Dr. Phil, Today Show, and NBC Nightly News, and was for several years a weekly commentator on CNBC’s Power Lunch.

Her advice on credit and finance has been featured in Consumer Reports, Marie Claire, Parents, Real Simple, Woman’s World, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, and many other publications.

Formerly a personal finance writer for the ...

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