Elizabeth Segran

Elizabeth Segran is staff writer at Fast Company, whose work has appeared in a range of publications including The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and The Nation. Her book, The River Speaks, was published in 2012 by Penguin Books. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in the fields of Indian literature and gender studies. She is a global nomad who grew up in Brussels, Paris, Singapore, Jakarta and London before moving to New York to attend Columbia University. She currently lives in Florida with her books, her husband and her baby girl.

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