“I hear people in their 20s describe the 40s as a far-off decade of too-late, when they'll regret things that they haven't done. But for older people I meet, the 40s are the decade that they would most like to travel back to.”

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.