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Michael Lewis

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in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States

October 15, 1960

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http://michaellewiswrites.com/

Genre

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Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. 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 ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 860,756 ratings · 48,579 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 165,701 ratings — published 2010 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moneyball 4.27 avg rating — 138,057 ratings — published 2003 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liar's Poker 4.15 avg rating — 106,775 ratings — published 1989 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blind Side 4.17 avg rating — 98,720 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt 4.14 avg rating — 87,298 ratings — published 2014 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds 3.99 avg rating — 61,871 ratings — published 2016 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy 4.09 avg rating — 46,240 ratings — published 2018 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World 3.90 avg rating — 46,557 ratings — published 2011 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Premonition: A Pandemic Story 4.33 avg rating — 41,324 ratings — published 2021 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon 3.82 avg rating — 31,151 ratings — published 2023 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The movie adaptation of Michael Lewis’s The Big Short is up for five Academy Awards. Which category do you think it has the best chance of winning?

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The Big Short Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

Adapted Screenplay

205 votes, 51.2%

Best Supporting Actor, Christian Bale

97 votes, 24.3%

Best Picture

48 votes, 12.0%

Film Editing

30 votes, 7.5%

Best Director, Adam McKay

20 votes, 5.0%

400 total votes

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