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My Take
Michael Lewis is, to me, the gold standard of modern narrative nonfiction. A New Orleans native and Princeton graduate, he takes subjects most readers dread (baseball analytics, mortgage derivatives, high-frequency trading) and turns them into page-turners. Moneyball, The Big Short, Flash Boys, The Undoing Project: each one smuggles complex systems past your defenses by focusing relentlessly on people. That's his real gift. He doesn't explain finance so much as show the flawed, striving humans inside it. The Carl Sandburg Literary Award feels almost understated. Few writers alive can make abstraction feel this urgently, intimately human.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Lewis
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ルイス
- Reading
- まいける・るいす
- Born
- October 15, 1960 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat
- Origin
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / writer / economic journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Gerald Loeb Award winners for Feature
- 2008 Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines
- 2010 Gerald Loeb Award winners for Feature
- 2014 Carl Sandburg Literary Award
- 2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2017 The Sidney Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Moneyball | — | |
| Notable work | The Big Short | — | |
| Notable work | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game | — | |
| Notable work | Liar's Poker | — | |
| Notable work | Flash Boys | — | |
| Notable work | The Undoing Project | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://michaellewiswrites.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
Frequently asked questions
When was Michael Lewis born?
Born October 15, 1960 (age 65).
Where is Michael Lewis from?
Michael Lewis is from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
What does Michael Lewis do?
Michael Lewis works as journalist, writer, economic journalist.
What is Michael Lewis known for?
Notable works include Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.