Pamela Paul (born 1971 or 1972)[1][better source needed] is an American journalist, correspondent, editor, and author.

There her role expanded[clarification needed] to oversee all New York Times book coverage including the staff critics and publishing news.

[5] Paul's father was a construction contractor and her mother was an advertising copywriter and, later, the editor of Retail Ad World.

[citation needed] Paul was a contributor to Time magazine and has written for many other publications, including Vogue, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Worth.

She was a senior editor at the erstwhile magazine American Demographics,[6] and was a London- and New York-based correspondent for The Economist, for which she wrote a monthly arts column from 1997 to 2002, and reviewed film, theater and books.

[11] As Paul described it to C-SPAN, as reviewed by the Washington Post, "We try to bear in mind that the books that are of interest to our readers are multifaceted...

[53] Four days after publication of Paul's February 2 opinion, in an article entitled "The NYT’s Latest Op-Ed on Trans Kids Has Already Been Cited in an Anti-Trans Legal Brief", James Factora reported that Paul's article appeared as a source in a legal document authored by the Alliance Defending Freedom, challenging an injunction against an Idaho law making it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to children.

[54] Human Rights Campaign had previously stated in a press release that Paul had written "irresponsible, biased news and opinion pieces about the transgender community".