Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and TV personality. He is the co-author, with Steven D. Levitt, of "Freakonomics" (2005) and "SuperFreakonomics" (2009), which have sold more than 5 million copies in 35 languages. "Freakonomics" has been translated into a high-profile documentary film ("Freakonomics: The Movie"); the Freakonomics blog, hosted by The New York Times, has been called “the most readable economics blog in the universe.” Dubner's other books include "Turbulent Souls (Choosing My Religion)," "Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper," and the children's book "The Boy With Two Belly Buttons." He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and others, and his journalism has anthologized in "The Best American Sports Writing," "The Best American Crime Writing," and elsewhere. He has appeared widely on TV, most often on ABC and PBS, but also on the reality show "Beauty and the Geek." Alas, he played neither beauty nor geek.