Julia Anderson, a financial columnist and business news writer whose byline is familiar to readers of The Columbian, is out with a how-to money book, “Smart Women, Smart Money, Smart Life: Take Charge Now to Have the Life You Deserve.”
The book covers topics that help women prepare for retirement and for a time when they could be on their own, either through widowhood or divorce. “Smart Women Smart Money” also is available at Fort Vancouver Regional Library.
Anderson is a former Columbian business editor and economic news expert at Portland’s KXL 101.1 FM. She wrote a financial advice column for the Portland Tribune. Anderson now hosts Smart Money on TVCTV public television in Beaverton, Ore., and writes for women at www.sixtyandsingle.com. “Smart Women, Smart Money” is available at her website or at Amazon.com.