Libby Copeland

Libby Copeland (born 1976) is a freelance writer in New York City, and was previously a staff writer for the ''Washington Post''. She started her career with the Post in 1998 as an intern in the style department, and went on to cover culture, crime and Washington politics. In 2005, she was the Feature Specialty Reporting winner for the large circulation papers in the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors' annual competition. In 2009, she left the Post and moved to New York. Since becoming a freelancer, she has become a regular contributor to ''Slate'', and has written for the ''New York'' magazine, the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''Cosmopolitan'', among other publications. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR. Provided by Wikipedia