Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner (born August 26, 1963 in Schenectady , New York ) is an American author and business journalist .

Life

As the eighth child of a journalist, Dubner wrote as a child. After leaving Appalachian State University without a degree, he decided to form a rock band. He later gave up his band activities in order to be able to work as a writer. Between 1990 and 1994 Dubner worked as an editor and journalist for New York Magazine . For the next five years he wrote for The New York Times and also edited them. Dubner also wrote for other newspapers, such as The Washington Post .

He currently works for ABC News and collaborates with Steven Levitt on a monthly column called Freakonomics for The New York Times . Furthermore, Dubner is currently working on book projects. One of them should be devoted to Freakonomics, the other book should be about Jewish ethics.

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

• Choosing My Religion. A memoir of a family beyond belief . Harper Perennial, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-06-113299-5 .
• Confessions of a Hero Worshiper . William Morrow, New York 2003, ISBN 0-688-17365-9 .
• Surprising answers to everyday life questions (“freakonomics”). Riemann Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-570-50064-4 (together with Steven Levitt ).
• Suprafreakonomics. Nothing is as it seems; about the cooling off of the earth, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers take out life insurance (“superfreakonomics”). Riemann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-50122-1 (together with Steven Levitt).
• Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain . William Morrow, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-062-21833-9 (with Steven Levitt).
• When to Rob a Bank: ... And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants . William Morrow, New York 2015, ISBN 978-0-06-238532-1 (with Steven Levitt).

Fiction

• Turbulent souls. A Catholic son's return to his Jewish family . Morrow, New York 1998, ISBN 0-688-15180-9 .
• The Boy With Two Belly Buttons . Harper Collins, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-113402-9 .

Web links

Commons : Stephen J. Dubner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dubner's biography on his homepage