Maria Konnikova
Writer, psychologist and podcaster
Maria Konnikova is an American writer with a psychology PhD. She wrote The Biggest Bluff and The Confidence Game, and has also worked as a poker player and podcaster.
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Born 1984 in Moscow, Russia
About Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova is an American writer born in 1984. She graduated from Harvard University and earned a PhD in psychology from Columbia University. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and hosts the podcast The Grift, which looks at con artists and the harm they do. While researching The Biggest Bluff, she learned poker well enough to win more than $300,000 in tournament earnings. That book was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for a Telegraph Best Sports Writing Award. Her earlier book The Confidence Game won the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking.