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Born in Illinois, O'Brien is a graduate of Loyola Academy and Georgetown University, where he studied literature.
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Timothy L. O'Brien
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He has three master's degrees from Columbia University, in history, journalism, and business. O'Brien was a reporter for the New York Times before becoming its Sunday Business editor in 2006. O'Brien has written two nonfiction books: 1998's Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry () and 2005's TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald ().
He contracted with Random House for a series of historical novels during the period between the American Civil War and World War I. His novel The Lincoln Conspiracy () was published in 2012. He was previously the executive editor of The Huffington Post and has written for The Wall Street Journal and Talk Magazine. He is also a recipient of a Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism.
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O'Brien is the publisher and a member of the editorial board at Bloomberg View, a commentary site about business, politics, and foreign affairs.
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