Laura Pedersen

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Laura Pedersen
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Education New York University Stern School of Business (BS)
Occupations
Notable workBeginner's Luck, Buffalo Gal, Life in New York
Website laurapedersenbooks.com

Laura Pedersen is an American author and playwright. She worked at American Stock Exchange before writing her first book, Play Money. [1]

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Early life and education

Pedersen is the only child of John and Ellen Pedersen. She grew up in Amherst, New York, [1] and secured a 4-year BS degree in Finance at New York University's Stern School of Business in New York City in 1987. [2] [3] She worked as a clerk at the American Stock Exchange when she was 18, and had a seat on the exchange at age 20, at that time the youngest person to do so. [1] [4] She received an honorary doctorate degree from Canisius College in 2013. [5] [6]

Career

In 1991 Pedersen and F. Peter Model wrote a book, Play Money, [7] about her time at the American Stock Exchange. She was a columnist for The New York Times from 1995 to 2002. [8] [9] In 2001–2002 she hosted a finance show, Your Money & Your Life, on the Oxygen channel. [2] [10] She has authored numerous books in both fiction and non-fiction categories. Pedersen is currently the President of The Authors Guild Foundation. [11]

Works

Non-fiction books

Fiction books

Short story

Children's books

Dramas

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