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A distinguished writer on both business and sports, Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Moneyball, The New New Thing, Liar’s Poker, and a fond memoir of his childhood baseball coach (Coach). A contributing writer for New York Times Magazine, Slate, and a columnist for Bloomberg News, Lewis has narrated short pieces for ABC’s Nightline and National Public Radio’s This American Life. In The Blind Side, Lewis relates the evolution of football through the unlikely and compelling story of a young man who will become one of the highest paid athletes in the National Football League.