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# Belinda Luscombe


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Luscombe is an editor at large at TIME, where she has covered a wide swath of topics but specializes in interviews, profiles, and essays. In 2010, she won the Council on Contemporary Families Media Award for her stories on the ways marriage is changing. She is also author of [_Marriageology: the Art and Science of Staying Together_](https://www.amazon.com/Marriageology-Art-Science-Staying-Together/dp/0399592369/).


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