Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell was born in England to a Jamaican mother and an English father and grew up in Canada. He served as a business and science reporter for the "Washington Post." He has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People" by Time magazine and one of the "Top Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine. He has been writing for "The New Yorker" since 1996. He lives in New York City.