Kerry Hannon
{{Short description|American author}}
Kerry Hannon (born October 29, 1960) is an American author whose writings focus on careers, entrepreneurship and personal finance.
Biography
Hannon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Duke University.
She is a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo Finance and a workplace futurist. Kerry is a former columnist and contributor for The New York Times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=%22kerry+hannon%22|title=The New York Times - Search|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=2019-05-21}} MarketWatch, and Forbes. She is a former personal finance, entrepreneurship and work columnist for the PBS website, Next Avenue (nextavenue.org).{{Cite web|title=Kerry Hannon Articles|url=https://www.nextavenue.org/grow-your-family-business/|access-date=2019-05-21|website=Next Avenue|language=en-US}} Hannon is a former AARP Work and Job's expert columnist.{{Cite web|url=https://search.aarp.org/gss/everywhere?q=%22kerry%20hannon%22&intcmp=DSO-SRCH-EWHERE|title=Search|website=AARP|language=english|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213172910/https://search.aarp.org/gss/everywhere?q=%22kerry%20hannon%22&intcmp=DSO-SRCH-EWHERE|url-status=dead}}
She speaks on the topics of personal finance, retirement, job search, career transitions, and women and financial security.{{Cite web|url=https://kerryhannon.com/|title=Kerry Hannon|website=Kerry Hannon|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryhannon/|title=Kerry Hannon|last=Hannon|first=Kerry|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-21}}
Hannon is a member of the board of visitors at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shadysideacademy.org/about/news/news-post/~post/board-of-visitors-holds-annual-spring-meeting-20180522|title=Board of Visitors Holds Annual Spring Meeting|website=www.shadysideacademy.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}
On July 4, 1992, she married Cliff Hackel, a Peabody, Dupont and Emmy Award-winning documentary producer, director, and editor.
Publications
- Trees in a Circle: The Teec Nos Pos Story (2000), a non-fiction saga of an American Indian trading post
- Ten Minute Guide to Retirement for Women (MacMillan Publishing, 1996)
- Suddenly Single: Money Skills for Divorcees and Widows (John Wiley & Sons, 1998)
- Getting Started In Estate Planning (John Wiley & Sons, 2000)
- What's Next?: Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job (Chronicle Books, 2010)
- Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy ... And Pays the Bills (John Wiley & Sons, 2012)
- What's Next?: Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job in Your Forties, Fifties and Beyond (John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
- Love Your Job The New Rules for Career Happiness (John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
- Finding The Job You Want After 50 for Dummies (For Dummies, 2015)
- Great Jobs for Everyone 50 +: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy And Healthy...and Pays The Bills (Wiley, 2017)
- Money Confidence: Really Smart Financial Moves for Newly Single Women (Post Hill Press, 2017)
- Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life (Wiley, 2019)
- Great Pajama Jobs: Your Complete Guide to Working From Home (Wiley, 2020)
- In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in The New World of Work (McGraw Hill, 2022)
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Category:American finance and investment writers
Category:Shady Side Academy alumni