Lynn O'Shaughnessy is a best-selling author, journalist, speaker and nationally recognized expert on college planning. She writes a blog for CBS MoneyWatch and her website, The College Solution. Lynn is the author of The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price, a best-seller on Amazon. The second edition of The College Solution was released in 2012. Lynn also holds workshops on choosing and affording colleges at the University of California, San Diego.
Lynn, a former Los Angeles Times reporter, has written and been interviewed about college issues for such national media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, "The Early Show" on CBS, Business Week, Consumer Reports, Newsweek, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Fox Business, USA Today, Parade magazine and Money magazine.