Blaire Briody currently works as a senior editor and writer for The Fiscal Times, covering the housing market, health care, small business, education and personal finance. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, UTNE Reader, BUST magazine, Cosmopolitan, among others. In addition, her work has been recognized or featured in dozens of publications, including Business Insider, The Daily Beast, BoingBoing.net, Jezebel, Gawker, The New York Times, RealClearMarkets.com, and Curbed.com. She graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in international relations. She now lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn.