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Paulina Bren is a writer, historian, and professor.
She is the author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free, published by Simon & Schuster in the U.S. and by John Murray in the UK. The Barbizon has been translated into various languages, and was chosen as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.
Paulina’s next book—out on September 17th 2024!—is She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street. It tells the story of Wall Street and the women who dared to enter this old boys’ club from the 1950s through 9/11. Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women, writes: “Superb…Bren proves herself to be a master storyteller…Illuminating, exasperating, at times hilarious….” Liza Mundy, author of the best-selling Code Girls, explains: “It’s a riveting tale of trades and trade offs, ticker tape and triumphs, sexism and strategy, ambition and ascent, as women dealt themselves into the game.” She-Wolves is in development with Mark Gordon Pictures.
Already picked as a Next Big Idea Club’s Must Read, Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2024, UnTapped New York’s Best NYC Books of All Time, Town&Country’s Must-Read for the Fall, and The Washington Post’s Top Most Anticipated Books!
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Paulina teaches at Vassar College, where she is the Adjunct Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies on the Pittsburgh Endowment Chair in the Humanities, and the director of the Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies Program.
Paulina Bren is represented by literary agent Gillian MacKenzie: GMA.