Bennett, Michael: - A lawyer by training and a writer by compulsion, Michael Bennett graduated from Wesleyan University and Columbia Law School. Since then, he has lived and worked in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris and Washington, D.C. Some of that time was spent enriching himself on the derivatives desk of Lehman Brothers Asia, which provided the inspiration for this book. He is also a dedicated supporter of the Yakult Swallows baseball club. He is the author of a previous novel, Young Donald. Bad Banker is his second book.