Paula Froelich

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Paula Froelich
BornOctober 30, 1973
Leeds, England
OccupationNovelist, columnist
Genre Fiction

Paula Froelich is an American journalist and author of the book Mercury in Retrograde, which appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. [1] [2]

Froelich was a columnist for the New York Post Page Six. Between March 31, 2014 and October 2015, [3] she was editor in chief of Yahoo Travel, where she led editorial direction, original content, and the expansion and re-imagination of the site. She is the founder of the website A Broad Abroad. [4] She is also working on a novel for young adults. [5]

She was born in Leeds, England in 1973 and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her mother is Jewish.[ citation needed ]

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