Lawrence Light started his career in journalism after graduation from Lafayette College and the Columbia School of Journalism. He also served two years active duty in the Army as a lieutenant.
His mystery titles include Ladykiller and Too Rich to Live in the Karen Glick series. Light’s short fiction appears in the anthologies Thriller 2 and Wall Street Noir.
He has won many journalism awards and is a noted financial editor. His business book for Wiley called Taming the Beast, about the evolution of investing, was published in June 2011. In 1993, he published a humor book with his wife Meredith Anthony called 101 Reasons Why We’re Doomed.
Lawrence Light is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, where he currently serves as Executive Vice President, and the Thriller Writers of America. He was previously Deputy Editor for Personal Finance at the Wall Street Journal, Senior Editor in charge of money and investing for Forbes magazine and an editor at Business Week.
He and his wife live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where they give great parties. He has no children, dogs, cats or house plants, although the occasional rabbit is welcome.