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WORK TITLE: Get Money
WORK NOTES:
PSEUDONYM(S):
BIRTHDATE: 1983?
WEBSITE: https://www.kristinwong.com/
CITY: Pasadena
STATE: CA
COUNTRY: United States
NATIONALITY:
Lifehacker-related emails and pitches, please email: kristin.wong@lifehacker.com; blog: www.thewildwong.com
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LC control no.: no2018059549
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/no2018059549
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PERSONAL
Born c. 1983.
EDUCATION:Received degree from the University of Houston.
ADDRESS
CAREER
Freelance writer and author. MSN Living, video producer and writer. Worked previously as a technical writer.
AVOCATIONS:Financial education.
AWARDS:Society of Professional Journalists Award.
WRITINGS
Contributor to periodicals, including Lifehacker, Glamour, New York magazine, Cut, and New York Times. Also contributor to self-titled blog.
SIDELIGHTS
Kristin Wong is most well known for her work in the journalism field. Prior to launching her career, she attended the University of Houston. She was previously affiliated with MSN Living. Through her work there, she obtained a Society of Professional Journalists Award. She has also worked with Fox’s digital network, having assisted in writing a Netflix series for them, as well as a news program for another network. Wong’s writing can also be found in various publications, including Glamour and New York Times. She is also aligned with Lifehacker. Wong’s subjects of choice include personal finance, psychology, traveling, and career development.
Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford, Wong’s debut book, focuses on the subject of personal finance. The book is aimed at young adults who have just finished up with university and are looking to kick off their adult lives, much of which involves properly managing one’s finances. Part of Wong’s advice pulls from her own experiences in life. She has spent much of her life getting by without much money, and seeks to prevent today’s youth from going through that situation—or at least minimizing the amount of time they spend scraping by. Wong presents the thesis that the average citizen fails to comprehend how to truly, effectively manage their cash. As a result, they wind up coming up short each month, forcing themselves into a life of financial struggle. Wong also asserts that one’s emotional well being and financial well being are closely tied, as people tend to let their emotions govern how they spend. Some other topics broached within the book include how to ask for a raise, and how to file one’s taxes efficiently.
Much of Wong’s advice also comes from conversations with specialists within the financial field. The specialists Wong speaks with offer suggestions on the best ways to manage one’s money. Wong also takes the time to clarify how to make smart investments, as well as many of the terms someone may hear in relation to finances and their management. Wong also encourages readers to think more deeply about their relationship with money in the form of numerous activities sprinkled throughout the book, including questionnaires and challenges. A Publishers Weekly reviewer felt the book is “a sturdy but overfamiliar approach to a much-covered subject.” Booklist contributor Raymond Pun called the book “a quick and leisurely guide to modern financial literacy.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, February 1, 2018, Raymond Pun, review of Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford, p. 7.
Publishers Weekly, January 22, 2018, review of Get Money, p. 75.
I’m Kristin Wong.
Hey! I’m Kristin Wong, a full-time freelance writer who regularly contributes to places like the New York Times, The Cut, and Glamour magazine. I frequently cover psychology, career, and travel.
I’ve been writing my entire life. In 2010, I wrote and produced videos for MSN Living, where my editor and I won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists. I’ve also written for television, contributing to a nationally-syndicated entertainment news show and co-writing a series for Fox Digital that lived on Netflix. Before I moved to Los Angeles, I lived in Houston, Texas, where I worked as a technical writer. I graduated from the University of Houston’s English department with a degree in Literary Studies.
As a writer who knows what it’s like to struggle financially, I’m also passionate about helping people learn financial literacy. It’s a topic that may not seem incredibly exciting but is so incredibly important in our economic climate. My first book, Get Money hit shelves this year, and it’s a laid-back, casual guide to personal finance. You can find it in stores and on Amazon.
If you like what you see here, might I suggest you sign up for my newsletter here? I share occasional updates, blog posts, and challenges with my readers. Also, make sure to follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life
You Can Afford
Raymond Pun
Booklist.
114.11 (Feb. 1, 2018): p7.
COPYRIGHT 2018 American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist/
Full Text:
Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford. By Kristin Wong. Mar. 2018.320p. Hachette, paper, $16.99
(9780316515658); e-book, $9.99 (9780316515634). 332.024.
Wong, a frequent contributor to LifeHacker, the New York Times, and New York magazine, covers the basics of managing personal finances. Her
book offers advice and recommendations, such as how to interpret financial jargon or investment options, using examples, anecdotes, and quotes
from financial experts that illustrate how to put them into practice. As a fun twist, Wong "gamifies" the book by creating different stages of
activities, assignments, and questions for readers to work through. For example, one assignment helps readers determine their money personality
by reflecting on their socioeconomic background and how they grew up around money. Each chapter explores various topics, such as filing taxes,
managing relationships concerning money, and negotiating for better pay. Well written in a tone that alternates between serious and humorous,
Wong's timely, concise, and practical introduction is a quick and leisurely guide to modern financial literacy.--Raymond Pun
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
Pun, Raymond. "Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford." Booklist, 1 Feb. 2018, p. 7. General OneFile,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A527771713/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=eba33b0d. Accessed 4 June 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A527771713
Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life
You Can Afford
Publishers Weekly.
265.4 (Jan. 22, 2018): p75.
COPYRIGHT 2018 PWxyz, LLC
http://www.publishersweekly.com/
Full Text:
Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford
Kristin Wong. Hachette, $16.99 trade paper
(320p) ISBN 978-0-316-51565-8
Personal-finance writer Wong provides thorough if uninspired advice for college graduates entering the world of work and money--and for their
worried parents. Having grown up broke, Wong speaks eloquently about how intricately a person's financial and emotional life are
interconnected; the emotions involved, and not just the finances, must be managed in order to make any progress. Many people, she writes, just
don't understand how money really works, which explains why so many Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Getting control over one's money
ups the motivation to save, get out of debt, and stick to a budget; to that end, she walks readers through the basics of setting financial goals and
writing a budget, developing a frugal mind-set, figuring out the intricacies of credit and taxes, paying off debt, and investing retirement dollars.
Wong shines in her encouraging direction to figure out financial priorities to accomplish personal goals, but the financial information itself is
fairly stale in both style and execution. This combination results in a sturdy but overfamiliar approach to a much-covered subject. (Mar.)
Source Citation (MLA 8th
Edition)
"Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford." Publishers Weekly, 22 Jan. 2018, p. 75. General OneFile,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A525839824/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=37c9890d. Accessed 4 June 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A525839824