Making Social Security Work for You: Advice, Strategies, and Timelines That Can Maximize Your Benefits

“A thoroughly rewritten book that reflects the starkly different land scape new and near retirees must now unexpectedly navigate. Spend a couple of enjoyable hours with this book and you’ll already be ahead of your fellow retirees … .Any worries you may have about your ability to navigate this complex process should dissolve completely by the time you close the cover. Without a doubt, this is the perfect first book for any Social Security novice.” * Better Investing * As seen on NextAve and Wisconsin Public Radio!

“Birken’s style of writing is easy-to-follow. She has a subtle sense of humor that comes out in her writing. This makes the material enjoyable to read, even for a dry subject like Social Security.” –Financial Ducks in a Row

Emily Guy Birken is a finance writer who writes the “Live Like a Mensch” column for The Dollar Stretcher. She is also a contributor to Wise Bread, PT Money, Money Crashers, Yahoo! Finance, and Business Insider, and many other personal finance sites. She edits and writes for the FinCon blog, an annual conference for financial bloggers. She is the author of The 5 Years Before You Retire, Choose Your Retirement, Making Social Security Work for You, and End Financial Stress Now. You can visit her at SAHMnambulist.blogspot.com.