“When I left for college, I put Miami behind me and tried to have a life of the mind. I got a graduate degree. I traveled. I even married a fellow writer, whose only real estate was a dingy one-bedroom apartment in Paris, where we lived.”

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.