Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Craft Rubin (born Kansas City, Missouri) is an American author and attorney. She is author of the bestselling book, "Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill", along with "Forty Ways to Look at JFK". Her first book, "Power Money Fame Sex: A User’s Guide", parodied self-help books by analyzing and exposing the techniques exploited by strivers for those worldly ambitions.

In "The Happiness Project", Rubin analyzes the principles, tips, theories, and scientific studies which address what leads to happiness, what causes the loss of happiness, and how to regain it.

Rubin received her undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University and was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. She clerked on the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and served as a chief adviser to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt. She has also been a lecturer at the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management. She lives in New York City.

External links

* [http://www.gretchenrubin.com/ Personal Website ]
* [http://www.happinessproject.typepad.com/ The Happiness Project]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/29/AR2005112901486.html Washington Post review of Forty Ways to Look at JFK]