Christopher Knowlton is the author of BUBBLE IN THE SUN: THE FLORIDA BOOM OF THE 1920S AND HOW IT BROUGHT ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION (Simon & Schuster, 2020), winer of the 2021 Excellence in Financial Journalism Best Book Award, and CATTLE KINGDOM: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE COWBOY WEST (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017). Both books, which are works of narrative non-fiction, were picked as an EDITORS' CHOICE by the New York Times Book Review. A former staff writer and London Bureau Chief for Fortune Magazine, he has contributed book reviews to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is the former President of Knowlton Brothers, a financial services firm, and a past Chair of the Board of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center. He is avid fly fisherman, birder, and pool player.