Timothy L. O'Brien is an American

United States

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 journalist

Journalist

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. He is the executive editor of The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

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, and the former editor of the New York Times' Sunday Business section. He has also written for The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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and Talk Magazine

Talk (magazine)

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O'Brien has written two books: 1998's Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry (ISBN 0-8129-2807-5) and 2005's TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald (ISBN 0-446-57854-1). He is currently under contract with Random House for a series of historical novels that take place between the American Civil War

American Civil War

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 and World War I

World War I

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Born in Illinois, O'Brien is a graduate of Loyola Academy

Loyola Academy

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 and Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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, where he studied literature. He has three master's degrees from Columbia University

Columbia University

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, in history, journalism, and business.

Before becoming the Sunday Business editor at The New York Times in 2006, O'Brien was a reporter for the paper. He has written about a range of topics, such as Wall Street

Wall Street

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, finance

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, Russia

Russia

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, identity theft

Identity theft

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, terrorism

Terrorism

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, white collar crime, Hollywood, the music industry, politics, Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

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, gambling

Gambling

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, and the Manhattan art

Art

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world.

External links

• Timothy L. O'Brien's Website
• Timothy L. O'Brien's stories in The New York Times
• Timothy L. O'Brien on Twitter