Paula Hawkins has worked in journalism for ten years, writing for a variety of publications and media on a range of subjects, from money to art and science.

Most recently, Paula was deputy personal finance editor of The Times.

Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Paula's first book, THE MONEY GODDESS, an essential guide to personal finance for women, was published by Michael Joseph in January 2006.

THE MONEY GODDESS has a brilliant formula for dispensing invaluable advice; written in the voice of Natasha, a fictional personal finance journalist, it reads like the best kind of witty romantic novel. Natasha’s friends are constantly pestering her with their financial worries, from wedding plans to divorce settlements, babies to pensions, debt management to business planning.

Natasha approaches each problem with practical advice and good humour.

By the end of the book you will feel like a Money Goddess and Natasha might even have met Mr. Right …

Whether you’re just hopeless with money, or not so bad but haven’t changed banks since they gave you a Paddington Bear for opening an account, The Money Goddess is the perfect financial companion.