Laura Rowley is the personal finance columnist for Self Magazine and writes a bi-weekly column on money and happiness for Yahoo Finance. She is the author of Money & Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), a personal finance book that shows readers how to align their money and their values. Rowley is also the author of a successful business book, On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-eye, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2003 and issued in paperback in 2004. Her freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, Parents, Baby Talk and other publications. Rowley spent five years as a reporter/producer for CNN in New York, reporting on air for "Your Money," and "Business Unusual" and producing live programs. She was previously editor in chief of Multi Housing News, a national trade magazine for builders and developers, and an editor with the United Nations Chronicle. Rowley is a frequent commentator on money issues and a featured speaker at conventions and executive roundtables.

Rowley has been interviewed on Good Morning America, CNBC, Fox Network, Bloomberg Television, Oxygen Media, Associated Press radio and numerous other radio programs and print publications, including the Wall Street Journal. She holds a Masters of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary, a bachelor's degree cum laude in journalism from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and a premier degree in French studies from the University of Burgundy in France.