Michael Monroe Lewis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in the American South, is a bestselling author and financial journalist. He attended Princeton University, earning a B.A. in art history in 1982, and later obtained an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics in 1985. His early career as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers on Wall Street inspired his debut book 'Liar's Poker' in 1989, which launched his writing career. Notable works include 'The Big Short', 'Moneyball', and 'Going Infinite', a book about Sam Bankman-Fried. Transitioning to full-time writing, Lewis became a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in 2009, producing in-depth articles on business, finance, and economics; he has also served as a senior editor at The New Republic and written for publications like The New York Times Magazine. Renowned for his narrative nonfiction style that demystifies complex financial topics, Wall Street culture, and themes like underdogs, market anomalies, and behavioral economics, Lewis resides in Berkeley, California, with his wife, former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren, and their three children.