Mary Childs (journalist)
{{Short description|American financial journalist}}
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Mary Childs is an American financial journalist and non-fiction writer. She is co-host for Planet Money.{{Cite web |title=Mary Childs |url=https://www.npr.org/people/787218595/mary-childs |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=NPR |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517223308/https://www.npr.org/people/787218595/mary-childs |url-status=live }} In 2022, she published The Bond King, a biography of PIMCO co-founder Bill H. Gross, through Flatiron Books. The book was included on "best of" lists from Literary Hub,{{Cite web |last=Temple |first=Emily |date=2022-12-08 |title=Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022 |url=https://lithub.com/our-38-favorite-books-of-2022/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907151931/https://lithub.com/our-38-favorite-books-of-2022/ |url-status=live }} The New York Times,{{Cite web |last1=Sorkin |first1=Andrew Ross |last2=Mattu |first2=Ravi |last3=Warner |first3=Bernhard |last4=Kessler |first4=Sarah |last5=Gandel |first5=Stephen |last6=Merced |first6=Michael J. de la |last7=Hirsch |first7=Lauren |last8=Livni |first8=Ephrat |date=2023-01-02 |title=Turning the Page on 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/business/dealbook/turning-the-page-on-2022.html |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=New York Times |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328012012/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/business/dealbook/turning-the-page-on-2022.html |url-status=live }} and Investopedia.{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Michelle |date=2024-07-15 |title=The 7 Best Investing Books |url=https://www.investopedia.com/best-investing-books-5114673 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Investopedia |language=en |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007085720/https://www.investopedia.com/best-investing-books-5114673 |url-status=live }}
Childs graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in business journalism, after which she reported for Barron’s, the Financial Times, and Bloomberg News.{{Cite web |title=Mary Childs {{!}} Authors |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/marychilds |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Macmillan |language=en-US}}
Books
- {{Cite book |last= |first= |title=The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All |date=2022 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1-250-12084-7 |location=New York, NY}}{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=James B. |date=2022-03-14 |title=Bill Gross Ruled the Bond World for Years. Then He Was Deposed. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/books/review/bond-king-mary-childs.html |access-date=2022-05-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517221806/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/books/review/bond-king-mary-childs.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Chris |date=2022-04-14 |title=Investing Lessons From Bill Gross, "The Bond King" |url=https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/04/14/investing-lessons-from-bill-gross-the-bond-king/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=The Motley Fool |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517221756/https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/04/14/investing-lessons-from-bill-gross-the-bond-king/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=James |date=2022-03-08 |title='The Bond King' Review: Richly Crowned, Then Deposed |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bond-king-review-richly-crowned-then-deposed-11646781774?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Wall Street Journal |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218230255/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bond-king-review-richly-crowned-then-deposed-11646781774?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1 |url-status=live }}
References
External links
- [http://www.marychilds.com/about Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRkdJfOaWlY How Mary Childs Wrote The Bond King], ICA VCU, Aug 9, 2022
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- {{Cite news |date=2022-04-04 |title=How Bill Gross Built a Bond Empire—Then Lost It All |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-04/how-bill-gross-managed-to-build-a-bond-empire-then-lost-it-all-podcast |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-05-03 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}
- {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbw0_63PHo8 |title=The Long View: Mary Childs - The Rise and Fall of the Bond King |date=2022-04-20 |last=Morningstar, Inc. |access-date=2024-10-08 |via=YouTube}}
- {{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Book Club: The Bond King |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/podcasts/best-new-ideas-in-money/book-club-the-bond-king/858d5940-b456-4ab4-99b1-58e46960eea8 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=MarketWatch |language=en}}
- {{Cite news |last1=Childs |first1=Mary |last2=Aronczyk |first2=Amanda |last3=Rubin |first3=Willa |last4=Messick |first4=Molly |date=2022-03-30 |title=The Bond King |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089744297/the-bond-king |access-date=2022-05-03 |work=Planet Money |publisher=NPR |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |date=2022-03-26 |title=The Bond King |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/slate-money/2022/03/mary-childs-new-book-the-bond-king |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Slate Money |publisher=Slate Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |last= |date=2022-03-18 |title=Mary Childs on the Man Who Turned America's Economy Into a Literal Casino |url=https://scheerpost.com/2022/03/18/mary-childs-on-the-man-who-turned-americas-economy-into-a-literal-casino/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Scheerpost |language=en-US}}
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