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{{Short description|American writer (born 1960)}}
{{Other people||Michael Lewis (disambiguation)}}
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| name             = Michael Lewis
| image            = Michael Lewis 2009.jpg
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1960|10|15}}
| birth_place      = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
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| occupation       = Nonfiction writer, journalist
| alma_mater       = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[London School of Economics]] ([[Master of Arts|MSc]])
| period           = 1989–present
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| notableworks     = {{Unbulleted list|''[[Liar's Poker]]'' (1989)|''[[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game|Moneyball]]'' (2003)|''[[The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game|The Blind Side]]'' (2006)|''[[The Big Short]]'' (2010)}}
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* {{marriage|Diane de Cordova Lewis|1985}}
* {{marriage|[[Kate Bohner]]|1994}}
* {{marriage|[[Tabitha Soren]]|1997}}
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'''Michael Monroe Lewis''' (born October 15, 1960)<ref name=Diane_wedding/><ref name=Writer_Directory>{{cite book |chapter=Michael Lewis |title=The Writers Directory |location=[[Detroit]] |publisher=[[St. James Press]] |year=2011 |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1649564197&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=6cbb79b55781b1f5e7c9afecf86b3521 |id=GALE<nowiki>|</nowiki>K1649564197 |format=fee, via [[Fairfax County Public Library]]}} Gale Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}</ref> is an American author and [[financial journalist]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Michael-Lewis/4349 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |title=Michael Lewis author page |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> He has also been a contributing editor to ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|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 general manager [[Billy Beane]]. His 2006 book ''[[The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game]]'' was his first to be adapted into a film, ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]'' (2009). In 2010, he released ''[[The Big Short|The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine]]''. The film adaptation of ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' was released in 2011, followed by ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'' in 2015.

Lewis's books have won two [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prizes]] and several have reached number one on ''[[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]]'', including his most recent book, ''[[Going Infinite]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers - Books - Oct. 22, 2023 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/10/22/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |issn=}}</ref>

==Early life==
Lewis was born in [[New Orleans]], the son of [[corporate lawyer|corporate attorney]] J. Thomas Lewis and [[community activist]] Diana Monroe Lewis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-life-of-michael-lewis-2012-6|title=The Amazing Life Of Wall Street's Favorite Writer, Michael Lewis|date=June 2012|work=Business Insider|access-date= November 23, 2018}}</ref> He went to [[Isidore Newman School]]. He later attended [[Princeton University]] and graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' with a B.A. in art and archaeology in 1982 after completing a 166-page senior thesis titled "[[Donatello]] and the Antique."<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Lewis |first=Michael M. |year=1982 |title=Donatello and the Antique |url=https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp019z903018g?mode=full |type=Senior thesis |location=Princeton, NJ |publisher=Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University |language=en}}</ref> At Princeton, Lewis was a member of the [[Ivy Club]].<ref name=Diane_wedding/> He briefly worked with New York City art dealer [[Daniel Wildenstein]]. In an interview with [[Charlie Rose]], Lewis said that his initial ambition was to become an art historian, but he was quickly dissuaded once he realized that there would be no jobs available for art historians and that even the handful that existed did not pay well.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rose|first1=Charlie|title=Interview with Michael Lewis|url=https://charlierose.com/videos/31161|website=www.charlierose.com|publisher=Charlie Rose|access-date= December 18, 2017}}</ref>

Lewis subsequently enrolled at the [[London School of Economics]] and received an [[Master of Science|MSc(Econ)]] in [[economics]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatertalent.com/MichaelLewis/|title=Michael Lewis|website=[[Greater Talent Network (GTN)|Greater Talent Network]] Speakers Bureau|access-date=March 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019164240/http://www.greatertalent.com/michaellewis/|archive-date=October 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=[[Contemporary Authors Online]] |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |year=2011 |location=Detroit |chapter=Michael Lewis |access-date=March 4, 2012 |chapter-url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000059769&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=79fc6c90ca7fafc7735a82db82279d9a |id=GALE&#124;H1000059769 | via= Fairfax County Public Library}} Gale Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}</ref> He was hired by [[Salomon Brothers]], stayed for a while in New York for its training program, and then relocated to [[London]], where he worked at its London office as a bond salesman for a few years.<ref name="imf">{{cite web|title=One on one with Christine Lagarde, featuring Michael Lewis|url=https://www.imf.org/external/POS_Meetings/SeminarDetails.aspx?SeminarId=186|website=www.imf.org|publisher=IMF (International Monetary Fund)|access-date= January 30, 2018}}</ref> He has said that the journalism from this era found in ''[[The Economist]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' inspired him to explore becoming a writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2019/07/01/bestselling-author-michael-lewis-has-it-all-figured-out/|title=Bestselling Author Michael Lewis Has It All Figured Out|last=High|first=Peter|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
===Writing===
Lewis described his experiences at Salomon and the evolution of the [[Mortgage-backed security|mortgage-backed bond]] in ''[[Liar's Poker]]'' (1989). In ''[[The New New Thing]]'' (1999), he investigated the then-booming [[Silicon Valley]] and the obsession with innovation. Four years later, Lewis wrote ''[[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game|Moneyball]]'' (2003), in which he investigated the success of [[Billy Beane]] and the [[Oakland Athletics]]. In August 2007, he wrote an article about [[catastrophe bond]]s, "In Nature's Casino", that ran in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/magazine/26neworleans-t.html | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | title=In Nature's Casino | first=Michael | last=Lewis | date=August 26, 2007 | access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref>

Lewis has worked for ''[[The Spectator]]'',<ref name=Writer_Directory/> ''The New York Times Magazine'', as a columnist for [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]], as a senior editor and campaign correspondent to ''[[The New Republic]]'',<ref name="Future Just Happened">{{cite news|title=the future just happened|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/future/lewis.stm|work=BBC|access-date= November 14, 2012}}</ref> and a visiting fellow at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He wrote the ''Dad Again'' column for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''. Lewis worked for [[Conde Nast Portfolio]], but in February 2009 left to join ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', where he became a contributing editor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/2008/media/graydon-s-big-get-raids-portfolio-michael-lewis |work=Observer|title=Graydon's Big Get: Raids Portfolio for Michael Lewis |author=John Koblin |date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415010556/http://www.observer.com/2008/media/graydon-s-big-get-raids-portfolio-michael-lewis |archive-date=April 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/bios/michael_lewis/search?contributorName=Michael%20Lewis |title=Michael Lewis |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=July 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711100318/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/bios/michael_lewis/search?contributorName=Michael%20Lewis |archive-date=July 11, 2009 }}</ref>

In September 2011, after the successful release of the [[Moneyball (film)|film adaptation]] of ''Moneyball'', it was reported that Lewis planned to take on "a much more active role in the what could be the next film based on one of his books" and would start writing a script for a ''Liar's Poker'' film.<ref name="Liars Poker Script">{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Andy|title='Moneyball' Author Michael Lewis to Script 'Liar's Poker' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moneyball-author-michael-lewis-script-240026|access-date= November 14, 2012|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date= September 26, 2011|author2=Matt Belloni}}</ref><ref name="Turned Into a Film">{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Scott|title=Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker" Being Turned Into a Film by Requa & Ficarra|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/popcornbiz/Michael-Lewis-Liars-Poker-Following-Moneyball-and-The-Blind-Side-to-Big-Screen-130590553.html|access-date= January 17, 2013|newspaper=NBC Bay Area|date= May 30, 2012}}</ref>

During 2013 in ''Vanity Fair'', Lewis wrote on the injustice of the prosecution of ex-[[Goldman Sachs]] programmer [[Sergey Aleynikov]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldman-sachs-programmer |title=  Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer? |author=Lewis, Michael|date=September 2013 |magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date= August 31, 2017}}</ref> who is given an entire chapter in ''[[Flash Boys]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/ex-goldman-programmer-sentenced-to-8-years-for-theft-of-trading-code |title=Former Goldman Programmer Gets 8-year Jail Term for Code Theft |author=Azam Ahmed |date=March 18, 2011 |website=[[NYTimes.com]] |access-date= November 5, 2017 |quote=A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer convicted of stealing source code from the firm was sentenced on Friday to more than eight years in prison, capping a case that had shone a rare spotlight on the world of lightning-fast computer-driven trading.}}</ref> ''Flash Boys'', which looked at [[high-frequency trading]] of Wall Street and other markets, was released in March 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294981104|title=Flash Boys {{!}} W. W. Norton & Company|website=books.wwnorton.com|access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref>

Lewis's 2015 ''Vanity Fair'' article "How Tom Wolfe Became ... Tom Wolfe", about the journalist and writer [[Tom Wolfe]], became the basis for the documentary film ''[[Radical Wolfe]]'', directed by Richard Dewey and released in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=September 23, 2023 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-09-23/radical-wolfe-review-tom-wolfe-bonfire-of-the-vanities-right-stuff |title=Review: In 'Radical Wolfe,' a New Journalism lion roars on page, while his life is quieter |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 26, 2024 }}</ref>

In 2016, Lewis published ''[[The Undoing Project]]'', chronicling the close academic collaboration and personal relationship between Israeli psychologists [[Amos Tversky]] and [[Daniel Kahneman]]. The duo found systemic errors in human judgment under uncertainty, with implications for models of decision-making in fields such as economics, medicine, and sports.

In 2017, Lewis wrote a series of articles for ''Vanity Fair'' in which he described the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration's]] approach to various federal agencies, including the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] and the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=2017-07-26 |title=Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis |access-date=2024-05-16 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> His articles described a sense of incredulity and disillusionment from career civil servants, particularly because of the Trump administration's lack of attention to some of their work, and the lack of care, knowledge, experience, and respect from Trump political appointees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/06/562246599/michael-lewis-many-trump-appointees-are-uninterested-in-the-agencies-they-head-u |title=  Michael Lewis: Many Trump Appointees Are Uninterested In The Agencies They Head Up |date= November 6, 2017 |publisher= NPR|access-date= February 13, 2019}}</ref>

That material was incorporated into Lewis's book ''[[The Fifth Risk]]'', which was on the ''New York Times'' nonfiction best-seller list for 14 weeks,<ref>[Blasdel, Alex, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/22/michael-lewis-trump-gambling-america|title=Michael Lewis: The Big Short author on how Trump is gambling with nuclear disaster], ''[[The Guardian]]'', September 22, 2018]</ref> and described the disconnect between the Obama administration's well-prepared transition plans and the incoming Trump administration's apparent lack of concern. Along with Energy and Agriculture, this book added [[Department of Commerce|Commerce]] among the main departments described.

In 2018, Lewis wrote and narrated ''The Coming Storm'' for [[Audible Studios]], which released the short nonfiction story as part of its new Audible Originals series of [[audiobooks]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Coming-Storm-Audiobook/B07F43574T|title=The Coming Storm|last=Lewis|first=Michael|publisher=Audible Studios|year=2018|language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, he wrote ''[[Going Infinite]]'', about [[FTX|the cryptocurrency exchange FTX]], its CEO, [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], and what came to be the [[Bankruptcy of FTX|collapse of FTX]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yaffe-Bellany |first=David |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Takeaways From a New Book on Sam Bankman-Fried |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/technology/going-infinite-michael-lewis-sbf-takeaways.html |access-date=October 3, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Michael |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324074335|title=Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon |date=October 3, 2023 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-1-324-07433-5 |language=English}}</ref>

===Broadcasting and podcasts===
Lewis's podcast, ''Against the Rules'', first aired on April 2, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atrpodcast.com/ |title=Against the Rules with Michael Lewis |access-date=May 12, 2019 }}</ref> The first season comprised seven episodes, each taking on a different aspect of society addressing the concept of fairness "in realms ranging from art authentication to consumer finance".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/three-podcasts-to-listen-to-in-july|title=Three Podcasts to Listen to in July|last=Larson|first=Sarah|date=July 9, 2019|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 14, 2019|title=On Against the Rules, Michael Lewis Delivers Yet Again|url=https://podcastreview.org/review/against-the-rules/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125035843/https://podcastreview.org/review/against-the-rules/|archive-date=January 25, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Podcast Review|language=en-US}}</ref> The show often refers to the growing social distrust for authority,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://time.com/5610122/best-podcasts-2019-so-far/|title=The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019 So Far|last=Eliana|first=Dockterman|date=June 24, 2019|work=Time Magazine|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> and refers to different types of public officials as "referees."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-lewis-makes-boring-stuff-interesting-11558098125|title=Michael Lewis Makes Boring Stuff Interesting: The writer's new podcast 'Against the Rules' asks what has happened to fairness in the U.S.|last=Turner|first=Richard|date=May 17, 2019|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> ''Against the Rules'' is produced by [[Pushkin Industries]], the media company founded by journalist [[Malcolm Gladwell]] and former ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' executive [[Jacob Weisberg]].

On January 12, 2020, Lewis appeared as one of the castaways on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d6s1 |title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Michael Lewis, writer |date=January 12, 2020 |access-date= January 12, 2020 }}</ref>

==Reception==
In a review of ''Moneyball'', Dan Ackman of ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]'' said that Lewis had a special talent: "He can walk into an area already mined by hundreds of writers and find gems there all along but somehow missed by his predecessors".<ref name="Ackman Forbes">{{cite news|last=Ackman|first=Dan|title=''Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game''|url=https://www.forbes.com/2003/05/28/cx_da_0528bookreview.html|work=Forbes|access-date= November 14, 2012}}</ref> A ''[[New York Times]]'' piece said that "no one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis", praising his ability to use his subject's stories to show the problems with the systems around them.<ref name="Foresaw the Meltdown">{{cite news|last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|title=Investors Who Foresaw the Meltdown|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/books/15book.html|access-date= November 14, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date= March 14, 2010}}</ref>
 
Critics from outside the [[financial industry]] have criticized Lewis for what they consider inaccuracies in his writing. In a 2011 column in ''[[The Atlantic]]'', American journalist and sports author [[Allen Barra]] took issue with Lewis's characterization of [[Major League Baseball]] in ''Moneyball'', writing, "From a historical standpoint, Lewis is, well, way off base. By the end of the 20th century baseball had achieved a greater level of competitive balance than at any time in the game's history... ''Moneyball'' doesn't just get the state of present-day baseball wrong; it also misrepresents the history of the sport."<ref name="Moneyball">{{cite news|last=Barra|first=Allen|title=The Many Problems with 'Moneyball'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/09/the-many-problems-with-moneyball/245769/|access-date= July 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date= July 13, 2014}}</ref>

Lewis's ''[[Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt]]'' ignited a new round of controversy surrounding [[high-frequency trading]]. At a [[House Financial Services Committee]] hearing in April 2014, [[Mary Jo White]], a former Wall Street insider (as a Debevoise & Plimpton lawyer primarily for Wall Street financial firms)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/business/dealbook/sec-hamstrung-by-its-leaders-legal-ties.html|title=She Runs S.E.C. He's a Lawyer. Recusals and Headaches Ensue.|date= February 23, 2015|access-date= April 29, 2018|work=The New York Times}}</ref> who later served as the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) Chair, denied the book's premise, saying, "The markets are not rigged".<ref name="MJWhite">{{cite news|last=Lynch|first=Sarah H.|title=SEC chair to Congress: 'The markets are not rigged'|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-highspeed-trading-idUSBREA3S0OO20140429|access-date= June 10, 2014|work=Reuters|date= April 29, 2014}}</ref> In June 2014, White announced that the [[US Security and Exchange Commission|SEC]] would undergo a new round of regulatory review in response to concerns about [[dark pool]]s and market structure.<ref name="SECreview">{{cite news|last=Alden|first=William|title=S.E.C. Chief Offers Rules to Govern Fast Trading |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/s-e-c-chief-calls-for-sweeping-changes-to-stock-market-rules/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|access-date= June 10, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date= June 5, 2014}}</ref>

Book critics widely praised Lewis's ''[[The Undoing Project]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lithub.com/bookmarks/reviews/the-undoing-project-a-friendship-that-changed-our-minds/|title=Bookmarks reviews of The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis|website=LitHub|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081046/http://lithub.com/bookmarks/reviews/the-undoing-project-a-friendship-that-changed-our-minds/|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[Glenn C. Altschuler]] writing in the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' that it "may well be his best book".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2017/01/15/The-Undoing-Project-How-two-Israeli-psychologists-changed-the-world/stories/201701150039|title='The Undoing Project': How two Israeli psychologists changed the world|last=Altschuler|first=Glenn C.|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=January 15, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

His 2023 book ''Going Infinite'', an intimate account of [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] and his firm [[FTX]], was written while FTX was collapsing and published the day [[United States v. Bankman-Fried|Bankman-Fried's trial]] on charges of fraud and money laundering began. Lewis was criticized for giving Bankman-Fried's explanations for FTX's losses excessive deference, with journalist [[Michael Hiltzik]] calling the Bankman-Fried hype a "torrent of nonsense". ''The New York Times'' wrote of Lewis's extensive access to Bankman-Fried that he had "a front-row seat—from which he could apparently see nothing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Julia M. |date=October 3, 2023 |title=What you won't learn from Michael Lewis' book on FTX could fill another book |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-10-03/what-you-wont-learn-from-michael-lewis-book-on-ftx-could-fill-another-book |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hiltzik |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Hiltzik |title=Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried found his last and most willing victim |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-10-02/two-new-books-cover-the-bankman-fried-crypto-scam-one-tells-the-true-story-the-other-is-by-michael-lewis |access-date=October 4, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Szalai |first=Jennifer |date=October 2, 2023 |title=Even Michael Lewis Can't Make a Hero Out of Sam Bankman-Fried |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/books/review/going-infinite-michael-lewis.html |access-date=October 4, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Others praised Lewis's storytelling, with ''[[The New Yorker]]'' calling the book "stupefyingly pleasurable" to read and filling "many gaps" in the story, ultimately predicting that the book "may one day be regarded as either the pinnacle or the nadir of his career".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis-Kraus |first=Gideon |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Michael Lewis's Big Contrarian Bet |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet |access-date=October 27, 2023 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lewis has been married three times. He married his first wife, Diane de Cordova Lewis, in 1985.<ref name=Diane_wedding>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Diane deCordova Wed at Princeton |date=December 29, 1985 |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/29/style/diane-decordova-wed-at-princeton.html}}</ref> His second marriage was to former [[CNBC]] correspondent [[Kate Bohner]]; they got engaged three weeks after their first date.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Lois |date=February 15, 1994 |title=THE RELIABLE SOURCE |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/02/15/the-reliable-source/21cf59b4-2d6c-44d0-9151-7fcae32ce847/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2017 |title=That Time Michael Lewis Complained About Dating A Hot Woman |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-lewis-hot-woman_n_58efddbfe4b0da2ff85f60dc |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=[[The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.]]|last=Cohan|first=William D.|page=401|chapter=14: It's a White Man's World|author-link=William D. Cohan}}</ref> In October 1997, he married former [[MTV]] reporter [[Tabitha Soren]]. Lewis and Soren had three children.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=August 10, 2021 |title=Michael Lewis opens up after teen daughter killed in crash |url=https://nypost.com/2021/08/10/michael-lewis-opens-up-after-teen-daughter-killed-in-crash/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brubach |first=Holly |date=September 11, 2009 |title=Make Room for Daddy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/style/tmagazine/13brubach.html |access-date=October 27, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

In 2021, their second child, Dixie, was a passenger in a head-on collision with a semi truck near [[Truckee, California]]; the driver, her boyfriend, had inexplicably crossed the median. Both Dixie and her boyfriend were pronounced dead at the scene.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whiting |first=Sam |date=2021-05-28 |title= Daughter of author Michael Lewis one of 2 killed in Tahoe car crash |url= https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Daughter-of-author-Michael-Lewis-killed-in-Tahoe-16209007.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=2024-06-11}}</ref>

Lewis and Soren live in the Oakland Hills above [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010| title = Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds | magazine= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |first=Michael |last=Lewis |date=October 1, 2010 | access-date = December 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/08/news/cl-31629/3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308051502/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/08/news/cl-31629/3|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2012|title=What's Next for Michael Lewis?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 8, 2001|first=Shawn |last=Hubler}}</ref> Lewis, an [[atheist]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Lewis, Michael|title=[[Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World]]|publisher=W.W. Norton and Company|date=2011|edition=Hardback|isbn=978-0-393-08181-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/boomerangtravels00lewi/page/58 58]}}</ref> is a descendant of the early-19th-century Louisiana judge [[Joshua Lewis (judge)|Joshua Lewis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Ryan |title=Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with "Moneyball"? |url=https://freakonomics.com/podcast/did-michael-lewis-just-get-lucky-with-moneyball/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Freakonomics |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
* 2023 elected member to [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|American Academy of Arts & Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2023 |title=New Members Elected in 2023 |url=https://www.amacad.org/news/2023-member-announcement |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
* 2008 [[Gerald Loeb Award]] Honorable Mention for Magazines for "In Nature's Casino"<ref name="LOEB-2008">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1791539/2008-gerald-loeb-award-winners-announced-ucla-anderson-school-management |title=2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management |date=October 28, 2011 |website=[[Fast Company]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>
* 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for Feature Writing for "The End"<ref name="LOEB-2009">{{Cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |title=Loeb Winners |date=June 29, 2009 |website=[[UCLA Anderson School of Management]] |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154558/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Feature Writing for "Wall Street on the Tundra"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/1/more-loeb-winners-fortune-and-detroit-news/ |title=More Loeb winners: Fortune and Detroit News |date=June 29, 2010 |website=Talking Biz News |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|location= New York | title=[[Liar's Poker|Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street]]| year=1989 | isbn=0-393-02750-3 }}
* {{cite book | title=Pacific Rift | publisher=Whittle Direct Books | location=Knoxville, Tennessee | year=1991 | isbn=0-9624745-6-8 | url=https://archive.org/details/pacificrift00lewi }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York |title=The Money Culture |url=https://archive.org/details/moneyculture00lewi |url-access=registration |year=1991 |isbn=0-393-03037-7}} A collection of Lewis's journalism.
* {{cite book | title=[[Trail Fever]] | publisher=[[A. A. Knopf]] | location=New York | year=1997 | isbn=0-679-44660-5 }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The New New Thing|The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story]] | year=1999 | isbn=0-393-04813-6 }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Next: The Future Just Happened]] | year=2001 | isbn=0-393-02037-1 }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game]] | year=2003 | isbn=0-393-05765-8 }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life | year=2005 | isbn=0-393-06091-8 }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game]] | year=2006 | isbn=0-393-06123-X }}
* {{cite book | title=The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics | publisher=[[Sterling Publishing|Sterling]] | location=New York | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4027-4790-8 | editor=Lewis, Michael }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-393-06901-3}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity]] | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-393-06514-5 | editor=Lewis, Michael }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The Big Short|The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine]] | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-393-07223-5}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World]] | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-393-08181-7}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Flash Boys|Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt]] | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-393-24466-3}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The Undoing Project|The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-393-25459-4}}
* {{cite book | title=The Coming Storm | edition=Audiobook | year=2018 | publisher= [[Audible Studios]] }}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The Fifth Risk]] | year=2018 | isbn=978-1-324-00264-2}}
* {{cite book | title=Playing to Win | publisher=[[Audible (service)|Audible]]|location= New York| year=2020| asin= B08DL7ZJDX}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[The Premonition (Lewis book)|The Premonition: A Pandemic Story]] | year=2021 | isbn=978-0393881554}}
* {{cite book | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location= New York| title=[[Going Infinite|Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon]] | year=2023 | isbn=978-1-324-07433-5}}
* {{cite book | editor-last=Lewis | editor-first=Michael | title=Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service | year=2025 | publisher=Penguin Group | isbn=979-8217047802}}

==See also==
*[[2020 United States Census]], issues addressed in ''The Fifth Risk''

==References==
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==External links==
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