Michael Lewis
American author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball and The Big Short; hosts Against the Rules.
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- Michael Lewis is an American author and financial journalist.
- Lewis sold bonds at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s and wrote about it in Liar's Poker (1989).
- Moneyball, The Blind Side and The Big Short were made into films.
- Lewis was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair from 2009 to 2026.
- Lewis hosts the podcast Against the Rules, first aired in April 2019.
Key facts
- Born
- New Orleans, Louisiana1
- Education
- BA in art and archaeology, Princeton (1982); MSc in economics, London School of Economics (1985)1
- Early career
- Bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in New York and London1
- Vanity Fair
- Contributing editor from 2009 to 20261
- Books
- Liar's Poker (1989); The New New Thing (1999); Moneyball (2003); The Blind Side (2006); The Big Short (2010); Flash Boys (2014); The Undoing Project (2016); The Fifth Risk (2018); The Premonition (2021); Going Infinite (2023)1
- Latest books
- Who Is Government? (editor, 2025); Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State (2026)1
- Podcast
- Against the Rules, produced by Pushkin Industries, from April 20191
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