Meaghan O’Connell is a freelance writer and editor in Portland, Oregon.

O’Connell is the author of the 2018 memoir, And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready, which was shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award, featured on the Indie Next List, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and named an Editor’s Choice Pick in The New York Times Book Review and a best book of the year by NPR.

Most recently, Meaghan was the Senior Features Editor at Romper, where she wrote their weekly newsletter and published a National Magazine Award-winning package on C-sections. Her work has been featured in places like The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Billfold, where she was co-editor, and in her parenting column at The Cut.

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