Gail Vaz-Oxlade

With her no-nonsense approach to finance, this money wizard can help the most desperate debt dodger get in touch with their inner scrooge. Whether you’re living a champagne lifestyle as you drown in debt or counting pennies for that walk down the aisle, Gail Vaz-Oxlade has the expertise to give you the financial makeover of your dreams. With basic concepts like “money runs out” and “think before you shop” Gail Vaz-Oxlade is the guru of finance and can take any families from red to black.

Gail Vaz-Oxlade is sought after by top financial institutions and leading publications for her vibrant and irreverent style. She is recognized for her unique ability to make the most complex of financial topics accessible to even a child and over the last decade, has written ten books on personal finance, published a financial magazine for women, hosted and co-produced a prime-time personal financial television show and worked with Canada's leading financial services companies to help educate employees and clients.

Gail Vaz-Oxlade is one of Canada's most successful and respected financial writers and her best selling books include: A Woman of Independent Means: A Woman's Guide to Full Financial Security, Dead Cat Bounce: The Skinny of E-vesting, The RRSP Answer Book, The Retirement Answer Book, Shopping For Money: Strategies for Successful Borrowing, and The Money Tree Myth: A Parent's Guide to Helping Kids Unravel the Mysteries of Money. She has also been a regular feature writer for The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine magazine, IE: Money, and Forum.

Gail’s tried marriage a few times and claims to have got it right the third time around. She gets up early to write at her home in the Northumberland Hills where she lives with her husband, children, dog, cat, horses and llama. Born in Jamaica, Gail immigrated to Canada in 1977.