Michelle Lambright Black is a contributor to Buy Side from WSJ and a credit expert, focused on helping people make smart, informed decisions about their credit, money, and financial products.
Michelle has over 20 years of experience writing about credit and personal finance. She is an expert on credit reporting, credit scoring, identity theft, budgeting, debt management, business credit, and the intersection of credit and financing.
Since she transitioned to a full-time freelance writer in 2018, Michelle’s work has appeared in publications such as Reader’s Digest, Parents, Experian, FICO, Forbes, Money, Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Investopedia, U.S. News & World Report, Bankrate, Seattle Times, The Charlotte Observer, The Points Guy, and USA Today. She is a two-time finalist for the best personal finance freelancer award from the Plutus Foundation.
Michelle is the founder of CreditWriter.com, an award-winning personal finance and credit blog. She is also an expert witness in credit-related lawsuits qualified to testify on the topic of consumer credit. She holds a B.A. in Spanish from Winthrop University.
You can connect with Michelle online via Instagram and Twitter.