Helaine Olen

Helaine Olen
Helaine Olen
Occupation	journalist, author
Alma mater	Smith College (BA); University of Minnesota (MA);
Notable works	Pound Foolish (2012); The Index Card (2016);
Spouse	Matt Roshkow
Children	2

Helaine Olen is an American journalist and author based in New York. She is a columnist for The Washington Post and, before that, Slate, where she wrote the column The Bills. She is the author or co-author of three books: Office Mate (2007), Pound Foolish (2012), and The Index Card (2016).