Lew McCreary is an American author, editor, and speaker.

McCreary was born on September 21, 1947. He is a Senior Editor for the Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...

 and previously worked as editorial director of CXO Media Inc., founding the security publication CSO Magazine and frequently serving a source for media outlets on issues of technology and security. He has served as a technology consultant for The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

 and the Associated Press

Associated Press

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 and has appeared on syndicated radio shows such as Marketplace as well as Bloomberg Radio, UPI Radio

United Press International Radio Network

Originally named "UPI Audio," the United Press International Radio Network was an audio actuality news service for radio and television stations from then-major wire service United Press International....

, Wall Street Journal Radio

Wall Street Journal Radio

The Wall Street Journal Radio Network has provided radio news to its affiliates for over 25 years. It is a part of The Wall Street Journal, owned by Dow Jones....

 and USA Radio

USA Radio Network

The USA Radio Network is a syndicator of talk radio programming established in 1985. It provides programming to approximately 1,100 radio stations around the world, plus the American Forces Network and XM Satellite Radio, and can be heard on the internet from USA Radio's website.On March 5, 2008,...

. McCreary's broadcast credits also include appearances on CNN

CNN

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 and CNBC

CNBC

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 as well as WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV

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 (Boston), WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV

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 (Boston), and New England Cable News

New England Cable News

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McCreary has authored three novels to sparse but positive reviews; in 1999 The Minus Man

The Minus Man

The Minus Man is a 1999 film based on the novel by Lew McCreary. It was directed by Hampton Fancher, who also wrote the screenplay. The film centers on a psychotic killer whom Fancher describes as "a cross between Psycho's Norman Bates, Melville's Billy Budd and Being There's Chauncey...

 was made into an independent film

Independent film

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 starring Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer, known for his roles in the films The Haunting, The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree, Bottle Rocket, the Cars series, The Darjeeling Limited, Marley & Me, Midnight in Paris, Shanghai Noon,...

 and several other notable actors.

McCreary has also written a number of unpublished novels being shopped around by his agent. He graduated from Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

 with a degree in English, and lives in Waltham, Massachusetts

Waltham, Massachusetts

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