Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova is a writer living in New York City. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology at Columbia University and is a contributing writer for The New Yorker online. Her book Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into seventeen languages. It was nominated for the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award for Best Non-fiction and was a Goodreads People’s Choice Semifinalist for 2013.