Michael Lewis is the author of several best-selling books, including Liar's Poker (#1 New York Times national bestseller in both hardcover and paperback), based in part on his own experience working as an investment banker for Salomon Brothers.
Lewis is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, a columnist for Bloomberg, and a visiting fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. His freelance writing appears in places including The New Yorker, Slate and Foreign Affairs.
Michael Lewis has served as editor and columnist for the British Weekly The Spectator and as senior editor and campaign correspondent of The New Republic. He has filmed and narrated short pieces for ABC-TV's "Nightline" and has hosted a series on presidential politics for National Public Radio.
He holds a B.A. from Princeton and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
He lives in Paris, France, with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their daughter.
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