Libby_Copeland
Libby Copeland (born 1976) is a freelance writer in New York City, and was previously a staff writer for the Washington Post. She started her career with the Post in 1998 as an intern in the style department,[1] and went on to cover culture, crime and Washington politics.[2][3] In 2005, she was the Feature Specialty Reporting winner for the large circulation papers in the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors' annual competition.[4] In 2009, she left the Post and moved to New York. Since becoming a freelancer, she has become a regular contributor to Slate, and has written for the New York magazine, the Wall Street Journal and Cosmopolitan, among other publications. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR.