Bev O'Shea

Bev O'Shea is a Georgia-based freelance journalist specializing in personal finance and consumer credit. Most recently, she was a staff writer at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was an authority on credit reports, credit scores and identity theft. She briefly had a perfect 850 credit score and wisely took a screenshot because she knew it would not last.

Expertise: Personal finance, credit, identity theft

Experience: Bev’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, MarketWatch, USA Today, MSN Money and elsewhere.