New York Times Best-Selling Author Michael Lewis

July 1, 2019

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Michael Lewis

New York Times Best Selling Author

Michael Lewis is the author of many New York Times bestselling books on a variety of subjects, such as financial markets, politics, and sports. His books The Blind Side, Moneyball, and The Big Short were each adapted for the screen, and each was nominated for an Academy Award. Michael is a columnist for Bloomberg View, a contributing writer to Audible, and his articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, among other magazines. Michael has a new podcast called Against the Rules. Prior to becoming an author, Michael worked at Salomon Brothers, an experience he described in his first book, Liar’s Poker.

Episode Overview

400: Bestselling author Michael Lewis tells the story of his career and dives deeply into several of his most notable books, including Moneyball, Liar’s Poker, and The Undoing Project. Despite being discouraged from his thesis advisor at Princeton to pursue writing and consistent rejections from publishers, Michael always had a passion for writing, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before he left Wall Street to pursue this passion. We also discuss how Michael organizes his ideas, how he has been able to defy pigeonholing his writing, how he is able to write about complex topics for those who are not expert in the topics, and a variety of other topics.

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