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," which has been translated into various languages and was chosen as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.

Bren’s next book, "She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street," tells the story of Wall Street and the women who dared to enter this old boys’ club from the 1950s through 9/11. It was 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.

Bren 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.

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