Maria Konnikova
Contributing Writer at The New Yorker / Poker player / Instructor at Kellogg School of Management
Biography
Kellogg School of Management
Maria Konnikova is the author, most recently, of The Biggest Bluff, a New York Times bestseller, one of the Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2020, and a finalist for the Telegraph Best Sports Writing Awards for 2021. Her previous books are the bestsellers 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. Maria is a regularly contributing writer for The New Yorker whose writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. While researching The Biggest Bluff, Maria became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings—and inadvertently turned into a professional poker player. Maria’s writing has been featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been translated into over twenty languages. Maria also hosts the podcast The Grift from Panoply Media, a show that explores con artists and the lives they ruin. Her podcasting work earned her a National Magazine Award nomination in 2019. She graduated from Harvard University and received her PhD in psychology from Columbia University.
Videos
P&P Live! Maria Konnikova | THE BIGGEST BLUFF in conversation with Dan Pink
Poker, con artists and the psychology of risk and deception, with Maria Konnikova, PhD
Storytelling can be dangerous | Maria Konnikova
What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Us About Decision Making - Maria Konnikova
Big Think Mentor | "How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes", Google+ Hangout with Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova - The Confidence Game
Poker: The high-stakes way to unlock your potential | Maria Konnikova | Big Think Edge
The Psychology of the Con: How Not to Get Fooled | Maria Konnikova
How poker helped Maria Konnikova master human behaviour | WIRED Live
Pay Attention: Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova on How the Mind Learns: Insights from Psychology & Poker | SXSW EDU
How I Learned to Pay Attention and Master the Odds | Maria Konnikova | 5x15
Maria Konnikova: Unclutter Your Brain Attic Like Sherlock Holmes | Big Think
WSOP 2021 | New York Times Bestseller Maria Konnikova talks her life in poker
Maria Konnikova | TEDxColumbiaCollege
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