Michael lewis author biography of suzanne

American writer (born 1960)

For other people with the same name, see Michael Lewis (disambiguation).

Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960)^[1][2] is an American author and financial journalist.^[3] 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 the Oakland Athletics baseball team and their genera