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| Born | Malcolm Gladwell September 3, 1963 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Non-fiction writer, Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Writing period | 1987-present |
| Notable work(s) | The Tipping Point (2000) Blink (2005) |
Malcolm Gladwell (born September 3, 1963) is a United Kingdom-born, Canadian-raised Journalist and author now based in New York City. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He is best known as the author of the books The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000) and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005).
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Background and education
Gladwell's Caucasian English father is a civil engineering professor at the University of Waterloo; his mother is a Black Jamaican-born psychotherapist. Gladwell has said that his mother, who published a book titled Brown Face, Big Master in 1969, is his favorite writer.citation needed Though born in the United Kingdom, Gladwell was raised in Elmira, Ontario, and graduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto's Trinity College in 1984.[1] During his high school years, Gladwell was an outstanding middle distance runner and won the 1500m Midget Boys title at the 1978 Ontario High School championships in Kingston, Ontario, in a duel with eventual Canadian Open record holder David Reid.citation needed
He is also related to former Secretary of Defense Colin Powell who is his cousin. Powell's great-grandmother and Gladwell's great-great grandmother were sisters.
Career
Gladwell began his career at The American Spectator, a conservative monthly. From 1987 to 1996, he was a science writer—and later the New York bureau chief—for The Washington Post. He is currently a staff writer for The New Yorker.
His books—The Tipping Point (2000) and Blink (2005)—were international bestsellers. Both works were substantially serialized in The New Yorker. Gladwell received a one million dollar advance for The Tipping Point, which went on to sell over two million copies domestically.[2][3] Blink sold equally well.[2] The sales of the books made Gladwell a successful public speaker, commanding over $40,000 an appearance.[2][4]
His next book, Outliers: The Story of Success, will be released November 18, 2008.[5]
Honors
- In 2005, Time named Malcolm Gladwell one of its 100 most influential people. He is the author of two New York Times #1 best sellers.[6]
- In 2007, he received the American Sociological Association’s first Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues.[7]
- Also in 2007, Gladwell received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Waterloo.[8][9]
Works
Gladwell's books and articles often deal with the unexpected implications of research in the social sciences and make frequent and extended use of academic work, particularly in the areas of sociology, psychology, and social psychology. Gladwell's first work, The Tipping Point, discusses the potentially massive implications of small-scale social events, while his second book, Blink, explains how the human subconscious interprets events or cues and how past experiences allow people to make informed decisions very rapidly.
Bibliography
- Gladwell, Malcolm (2000). The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-31696-2.
- Gladwell, Malcolm (2005). Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-17232-4.
References
- ^ Malcolm Gladwell Biography and List of Works - Malcolm Gladwell Books
- ^ a b c DONADIO, RACHEL (February 5, 2006). "The Gladwell Effect", The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ McNett, Gavin (February 5, 2006). "Idea Epidemics", Salon.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ TED: Gladwell speech
- ^ "Outliers: The Story of Success". amazon.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
- ^ gladwell dot com - biography
- ^ Malcolm Gladwell Award Statement | American Sociological Association
- ^ UW awards 17 honorary degrees at spring convocation | News, Media, and Events | University of Waterloo
- ^ Another feather in their cap | The Record.com
External links
- Gladwell's website
- "Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg"
- "The Sports Taboo — Why blacks are like boys and whites are like girls"
- Gladwell's blog
- "The Gladwell Effect", The New York Times (February 5, 2006).
- "Interview with Malcolm Gladwell" - Failure Magazine, April 2001.
- Gladwell's talk “2012: Stories from the Near Future,” at the 2007 New Yorker Conference
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| NAME | Gladwell, Malcolm |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Journalist and science writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United Kingdom |
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