Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is an American journalist and author known for narrative nonfiction about finance, economics, and sports.
His books translate complex systems into accessible stories through compelling characters: Liar's Poker (Wall Street culture), Moneyball (baseball analytics), The Big Short (the 2008 financial crisis), The Blind Side (football and family).
Lewis has a talent for finding outsiders who see what insiders miss.
American finance hub
- bond tradingBuying and selling fixed-income instruments
- subprimeUnder top credit tier
- The Big ShortAccount of financial collapse
- high-frequency tradingRapid automated market transactions
market crash · traders · investment banks · hedge funds · derivatives · CDOs · short selling · financial crisis
- film rightsLicense to adapt cinematically
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- documentaryFactual film about reality
Sandra Bullock · Paramount · Sony · Hollywood · Aaron Sorkin · Christian Bale · Ryan Gosling · Steve Carell
Data-driven baseball management story
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- narrativeAccount of events
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
writer · chronicler · New Orleans · Princeton · columnist · Vanity Fair · podcast
Data-driven baseball management story
- Oakland AthleticsCalifornia baseball franchise
- sabermetricsStatistical baseball player evaluation
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- footballField sport with goals
NFL · left tackle · analytics · statistics · draft · scouts · undervalued · competitive advantage
Fact-based prose using fictional techniques
- character-drivenLed by personalities, not events
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- protagonistStory's central figure
David vs Goliath · accessible · explanatory · anecdote · scene-setting · immersive · profile · longform
Wall Street
American finance hub
- bond tradingBuying and selling fixed-income instruments
- subprimeUnder top credit tier
- The Big ShortAccount of financial collapse
high-frequency trading · market crash · traders · investment banks · hedge funds · derivatives · CDOs · short selling · financial crisis · Goldman Sachs
Brad Pitt
- film rightsLicense to adapt cinematically
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
Sandra Bullock · documentary · Paramount · Sony · Hollywood · Aaron Sorkin · Christian Bale · Ryan Gosling · Steve Carell
Moneyball
Data-driven baseball management story
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- narrativeAccount of events
- journalistNews profession practitioner
bestseller · writer · chronicler · New Orleans · Princeton · columnist · Vanity Fair · podcast
Moneyball
Data-driven baseball management story
- Oakland AthleticsCalifornia baseball franchise
- sabermetricsStatistical baseball player evaluation
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
football · NFL · left tackle · analytics · statistics · draft · scouts · undervalued · competitive advantage
narrative nonfiction
Fact-based prose using fictional techniques
- character-drivenLed by personalities, not events
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
protagonist · David vs Goliath · accessible · explanatory · anecdote · scene-setting · immersive · profile · longform · investigative
- Naval HistoriansChristopher Lloyd
- Ivy League AlumniBarack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush
- Money ExpertsWarren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Milton Friedman
- Sports Writers
Michael LewisBen Bernanke
Michael Lewisnovelists
Writers of long-form fiction
fiction writers · Stephen King · Cormac McCarthy · poets · playwrights