PERSON: Pamela Paul

American writer

Pamela Paul (born 1971) is an American writer who is an opinion columnist for The New York Times and was previously the editor of The New York Times Book Review overseeing all New York Times book coverage including the staff critics and publishing news. She was also the host of the weekly Book Review podcast, the longest-running podcast at the Times, which she took over when the founding host, Sam Tanenhaus, left the Book Review. She joined the Times in 2011 and served as children’s books editor and features editor for the Book Review before her 2013 and 2016 promotions.

She formerly wrote The New York Times “Studied” column, and a column for Worth Magazine about financial issues and family. She was a contributor to Time Magazine and has written for many other publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, The Washington Post and The Atlantic. Paul was a senior editor at the erstwhile magazine American Demographics. She is also a former London- and New York-based correspondent for The Economist, for which she wrote a monthly arts column from 1997 to 2002, and reviewed film, theater and books.

She is the author of eight books. The end of her first marriage inspired her to write her first, book, The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony, which was featured on Oprah, The Today Show, Politically Incorrect and Good Morning America. After the 2005 publication of her book Pornified, she testified about pornography before the Senate Judiciary Committee and later appeared in Parliament in London. She is a frequent guest on television and radio shows in the U.S., Canada, and in the U.K., speaking about social and cultural trends, literature and publishing, the intersection of the Internet and culture, reading and literacy, and other subjects.

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