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Laura Rowley

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Laura Rowley grew up with ten siblings in an Irish-American family, where the best way to win the room was to tell a good tale. At age 11 she won a prize in a poetry contest, and it was off to the races: newspaper reporter, magazine editor, TV producer, digital jack-of-all-trades, and fintech executive.

An award-winning journalist, Laura is the author of seven non-fiction books and a novel, The Glassmaker’s Secret. Laura held editorial and executive roles at CNN, People Inc., The Huffington Post, Yahoo!Finance and a Wall Street fintech firm. She published histories of four Fortune 500 companies, including The Target Corporation (John Wiley & Sons), CBRE, Humana, and Family Dollar (Fenwick Publishing), and ghostwrote several memoirs. She als

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Average rating: 3.7 · 190 ratings · 43 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-eye 3.32 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glassmaker's Secret: A Winter Solstice in Estonia 4.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money and Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Bronx to the Boardroom: Lessons from a Life in Commercial Real Estate by Stephen B. Siegel, Laura Rowley (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humana: Celebrating Fifty Years of Helping People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Bronx to the Boardroom: Lessons from a Life in Commercial Real Estate by Stephen B. Siegel, Laura Rowley (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cb Richard Ellis. 100 Years it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Value: Fifty Years of Family Dollar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jo Piazza delivers an intoxicating mix of art-world intrigue, family secrets and betrayal in The Parisian Heist. This can’t-put-down dual timeline story follows an art student, Emma, through the cutthroat Paris art world of the 1990s, and the heroic ...more
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Laura Rowley liked Lisa Niver's review of Money and Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life: "I wrote about this book for the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-ni... In Money and Happiness, Laura Rowley offers advice for how to align your money with your values to increase your happiness. Silver could use Rowley's help but th" Read more of this review »
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Laura Rowley and 1 other person liked Lindsay's review of Money and Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life: "I found the first two-thirds of this book very thought-provoking. It has really inspired me to examine my money choices and values. The last third or so has (what I think is) valuable information about financial planning. That's the part of the book " Read more of this review »
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