Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys , a game-changing expos¿f high-speed scamming; The Big Short , which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball , the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar's Poker , the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s. Many of the ideas from these bestsellers underpin his latest book, The Undoing Project , which is the result of years of research. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He is contributing writer for The New York Times magazine and writes for Vanity Fair and Portfolio magazine.