Brigid Schulte is an American journalist, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and director of the Better Life Lab at New America.

[3] Schulte was a staff writer for The Washington Post for nearly 17 years and was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008.

Overwhelmed won the Virginia Library Association’s literary nonfiction award, and was translated into a number of languages.

Since 2015, Schulte has been the director of the Better Life Lab at nonpartisan think tank New America, advocating for work-family justice and gender equity through original research and reporting.

Her second book, Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life was published by Henry Holt and Company in September 2024.