Michael Lewis
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About
Author and financial journalist whose acclaimed books include Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (2003) and The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (2006). His publications have received high praise from Forbes and New York Times reviewers. Multiple of his books have been adapted into popular movies.
Before Fame
He studied art history at Princeton University and subsequently received a master's degree from the London School of Economics. He published his first work, Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street, in 1989.
Trivia
He worked as an editor for Vanity Fair magazine. In 2010, he won the Gerald Loeb Award for Feature Writing for "Wall Street on the Tundra."
Family Life
He was born in New Orleans to a lawyer father and a community activist mother. He later married Tabitha Soren, with whom he had three children.
Associated With
He wrote Moneyball, which was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt.
