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A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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Claire Nowak

location-pin Milwaukee, Wisconsin

School: Marquette University

Expertise: food news & tips, history, trivia

Claire Nowak

  • Published in Taste of Home, The Family Handyman, The Healthy, Urban Milwaukee, Marquette Magazine and iHeart Media

Experience

Claire is a writer, editor and digital strategist with more than 10 years of experience reporting on facts, trivia and quotes. Her natural curiosity lends itself to stories on history, trivia and ""Did you know?"" curiosities, and her work has appeared in Taste of Home, The Family Handyman, The Healthy and iHeart Media. A former editor at Reader's Digest and proud Marquette University grad, she lives in Milwaukee with her fiancé and their corgi, and enjoys binge-listening to true-crime podcasts.

Education

Marquette University, BA, Journalism, Writing-Intensive English

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