Guy Lawson

Guy Lawson (born June 14, 1963) is a Canadian journalist and true crime writer who has been published in Harper's, GQ, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone.

Early life and career

Lawson was born in Toronto, Canada to expatriate Australian and Kiwi parents. After his parents divorced, he lived with his mother for a period of time before moving to Saskatchewan to rejoin his father, a journalist and writer, and then to Perth, Western Australia in 1981. He attended the University of Western Australia, before studying law at the University of Cambridge, England. He briefly worked as an attorney on Wall Street in New York City in the 1990s before transitioning to journalism. In addition to War Dogs, several of his other works have been optioned, including Octopus (about hedge fund trader and Ponzi scammer Sam Israel), by HBO, a GQ article called "The Knife" about LA gangs which was acquired by CBS, They have twin children and live in upstate New York. He is an avowed Toronto Maple Leafs fan, remaining loyal to one of his home province's hockey team despite residing in the United States.