“I gradually understood why European mothers aren't in perpetual panic about their work-life balance and don't write books about how executive moms should just try harder: Their governments are helping them - and doing it competently.”

American-French writer and journalist

Pamela Druckerman is an American-French writer and journalist based in Paris. She is known for her writing, including opinion work, and for her long connection to Parisian life. In fall 2013, she became a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times International Edition. Her work moves between journalism and commentary, shaped by her life in France and her perspective as a writer across both American and French settings.