Everything about Malcolm Gladwell totally explained
Malcolm Gladwell (born
September 3,
1963) is a
United Kingdom-born,
Canadian-raised journalist 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).
Background and education
Gladwell's
English father is a
civil engineering professor at the
University of Waterloo; his mother is a
Jamaican-born psychotherapist. 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.
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 (OFSAA) championships in Kingston, Ontario in a thrilling duel with eventual Canadian Open record holder David Reid of Etobicoke.
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.
Blink sold equally well.
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.
In 2007, he received the American Sociological Association’s first Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues.
Also in 2007, Gladwell received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Waterloo.
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
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