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Michael Lewis


Born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
October 15, 1960

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Nonfiction, Business


Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of financial crises and behavioral finance.
Lewis was born in New Orleans and attended Princeton University, from which he graduated with a degree in art history. After attending the London School of Economics, he began a career on Wall Street during the 1980s as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers. The experience prompted him to write his first book, Liar's Poker (1989). Fourteen years later, Lewis wrote Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (2003), in which he investigated the success of ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 839,500 ratings · 47,432 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
The Big Short: Inside the D...
4.30 avg rating — 162,756 ratings — published 2010 — 109 editions
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Moneyball
4.26 avg rating — 134,699 ratings — published 2003 — 67 editions
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Liar's Poker
4.15 avg rating — 103,874 ratings — published 1989 — 105 editions
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The Blind Side
4.17 avg rating — 97,295 ratings — published 2006 — 49 editions
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street R...
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The Undoing Project: A Frie...
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The Fifth Risk: Undoing Dem...
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Boomerang: Travels in the N...
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The Premonition: A Pandemic...
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“Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.”
― Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
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“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”
― Michael Lewis, Moneyball
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“The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.”
― Michael M. Lewis, Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
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