Michael Lewis is an American author and journalist, born on 15 October 1960 in New Orleans. After studying art history at Princeton and economics at the London School of Economics, he worked as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers, which he described in his first book, “Liar's Poker” (1989). His narrative non-fiction about finance, sport and government includes “Moneyball” (2003), “The Blind Side” (2006), “The Big Short” (2010), “Flash Boys” (2014), “The Undoing Project” (2016), “The Fifth Risk” (2018), “The Premonition” (2021) and “Going Infinite” (2023). “The Blind Side”, “Moneyball” and “The Big Short” were adapted for the cinema.
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Michael Lewis is an American author and journalist, born on 15 October 1960 in New Orleans. After studying art history at Princeton and economics at the London School of Economics, he worked as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers, which he described in his first book, “Liar's Poker” (1989). His narrative non-fiction about finance, sport and government includes “Moneyball” (2003), “The Blind Side” (2006), “The Big Short” (2010), “Flash Boys” (2014), “The Undoing Project” (2016), “The Fifth Risk” (2018), “The Premonition” (2021) and “Going Infinite” (2023). “The Blind Side”, “Moneyball” and “The Big Short” were adapted for the cinema.