Graduate, Harvard University; PhD in Psychology, Columbia University. Visiting Fellow, NYU’s School of Journalism. Author of “The Confidence Game”, winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, an Anthony and Agatha Award finalist. Contributing writer for The New Yorker and is currently working on a book about poker and the balance of skill and luck in life, “The Biggest Bluff” (forthcoming, 2019). Having amassed over $260,000 in poker tournament earnings within one year and captured a major poker title during research for upcoming book, in July 2018 joined PokerStars Team Pro as an official ambassador. Writing has been featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been translated into over 20 languages. Also hosts the podcast “The Grift from Panoply Media”, a show that explores con artists and the lives they ruin.