Marcie Geffner

Marcie Geffner is an award-winning freelance reporter, editor, writer and book critic. Her work has been featured online and in print by the Chicago Sun-Times, Fox Business Network Online, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Urban Land, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. Marcie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA and MBA from Pepperdine University. You can contact her through her website, MarcieGeffner.com.

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