Meet Lynn O’Shaughnessy
Lynn O’Shaughnessy is a nationally recognized college expert, who is a higher-ed journalist, consultant and speaker.
Best-Selling Author
Lynn is the author of numerous books including her Amazon bestseller: The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price. The second edition of The College Solution will be released in May.
Her latest title is Shrinking the Cost of College, a workbook available only on her website, that helps families make smart and affordable college choices.
Popular College Blogger
Lynn contributes regularly to her own college blog – The College Solution. She also writes a college blog for CBS MoneyWatch.
Consultant
At the University of California, San Diego, Lynn is the consulting director of college planning, K-12 for the university’s Academic Connections program.
Speaker
Lynn gives presentations about college strategies for schools, nonprofits, companies and financial advisory firms. Her presentations have been extremely well received.
Media Contributor
Lynn has written about college issues for such national publications as The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Consumer Reports, Money Magazine and Parade Magazine.
College Expert
She has been interviewed as a college expert in such national media outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Associated Press, MSN Money, Huffington Post, Fox Business News, Money Magazine and The Early Show on CBS.
Financial Journalist
Prior to focusing on college issues, Lynn was a veteran financial journalist who wrote for many consumer and financial industry publications such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, Money, Wealth Manager and Bloomberg publications. She has written three financial books, The Unofficial Guide to Investing (MacMillan), as well as Retirement Bible and Investing Bible (John Wiley & Sons). She ghost wrote two additional financial books, including one New York Times bestseller.
Mother
Lynn and her husband Bruce, who live in San Diego, are the parents of a son, who is a sophomore at Beloit College in Wisconsin, and a daughter, who graduated from Juniata College in Pennsylvania in 2011. Lynn is a graduate of the nation’s oldest journalism school at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
