Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life as well as a book for parents, Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You're Not). Beth is the founder of Get a Financial Life NYC, a financial literacy program working to integrate money lessons into the New York City public school curriculum, and was selected by President Obama to serve on the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. A former staff writer at Money magazine, Beth has contributed to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Today, PBS NewsHour, Sesame Street, and NPR. For more, see BethKobliner.com and her Instagram @BKobliner.

"Beth Kobliner is telling you it's time to smell the latte. In Get a Financial Life, Kobliner serves a rich, smooth brew of common sense on everything from paying off your student loan to saving for (gasp) your own kid's future. The advice is thoughtful, precise, and up-to-date. But the simple, step-by-step explanations make getting a financial life easier than steaming the perfect froth on a cappuccino." -The New York Times

"Stop worrying and start reading Beth Kobliner's Get a Financial Life, the best book to help you understand your money in the toughest financial market since the Great Depression." -Jim Cramer, CNBC's "Mad Money"

"Get A Financial Life gives you the essential information you need to get your finances in order as you're starting your career. The rest is up to you. Educate yourself, get motivated, and get your finances in shape now by reading this book." -Sharon Epperson, CNBC Personal Finance Correspondent and author of The Big Payoff

"A daring book.... A life's worth of smart financial advice." -Newsweek

"Kobliner's done it again! Get a Financial Life gives clear and straightforward advice on how to manage your money-even in a financial meltdown. A must-read for 20-and 30-somethings who want to be fiscally smart and financially secure." -Soledad O'Brien, TV news anchor and influencer

"One of the best guides to help young people get a handle on money matters." -Burton G. Malkiel, Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics, Princeton University; author, A Random Walk Down Wall Street

"Smart, thorough--a tremendously useful guide to all the essentials of sound personal finance." -Eric Gelman, Fortune

"With numerous insights, this fine book demonstrates that, through discipline and enterprise, anyone can win their financial independence." -Tom Gardner, co-founder of "The Motley Fool"

"Shaw said youth is wasted on the young. I suspect the Kobliner financial wisdoms will work out well at all our ages."--Paul A. Samuelson, Professor Emeritus, MIT; Nobel Laureate in Economics

"Laying a solid financial foundation is one of the most important and rewarding tasks facing young people today. In Get a Financial Life, Beth Kobliner has created a great guide that will make the job much easier and a lot more fun." -Dean Shepherd, Former Anchor, CNBC, Bloomberg

"A highly readable and substantial guide... to guide novices through the thickets of apartment rentals, mortgage applications, taxes and more. Its strength is in explaining both the principles and the practicalities involved in each chunk of the landscape." -Deborah Stead, The New York Times

"With all those new choices, personal financial decision making is getting more and more complicated, even for the computer generation. Beth Kobliner's book provides a much-needed and sensible guide." -Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board

"Get a Financial Life is an expert yet reassuringly simple guide to mastering your money, for people trying to keep afloat in the wake of the baby boomers." -The New York Times

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Pub date: 2026-05-05

Length: 336 pages