Michael Lewis

Financial journalist and best-selling author Michael Lewis has published sixteen books on subjects ranging from politics to Wall Street. These include The Big Short, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball: the Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Undoing Project, The New New Thing, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, and The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. His books have gone on to inspire several Oscar-nominated films.

Lewis's latest book, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy, was released in October 2018 and examines a government in crisis. The Trump Administration has notoriously failed to fill vacancies in some of the most important positions in crucial government agencies like the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Commerce. With so much at stake, Lewis seeks out the (former) linchpins of the system and asks them what keeps them up at night.

Mr. Lewis is a columnist for Bloomberg News and a contributing writer to Vanity Fair. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Gourmet, Slate, Sports Illustrated, Foreign A‑airs, and Poetry Magazine. He has served as editor and columnist for the British weekly The Spectator and as Senior Editor and campaign correspondent for The New Republic. He has filmed and narrated short pieces for ABC-TV’s Nightline; created and presented a four-part documentary on the social consequences of the internet for the BBC; and recorded stories for the American public radio show, This American Life. In addition, he hosts the podcast Against the Rules with Michael Lewis, a look at what has happened to fairness, the people trying to level the playing field and the impact they are having. 

Prior to his career as an author, he worked with The Salomon Brothers on Wall Street and in London.

Mr. Lewis holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Princeton and a Master’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and their three children.

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