Housel is an American finance writer and partner at the investment firm Collaborative Fund, which supports new companies that show promise and the possibility of generating global progress. Housel has previously contributed to the finance website The Motley Fool and is also the author of Everyone Believes It; Most Will Be Wrong, a collection of essays about finance, and the ebook 50 Years in the Making: The Great Recession and Its Aftermath.

As well as demonstrating his financial expertise in The Psychology of Money, Housel also draws on his journalistic experience. He worked at The Wall Street Journal as a columnist and has won the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers twice. Housel uses his knowledge of storytelling to inject his book with memorable tales about real-life people, which gives the book a humanized aspect that can make his insights more accessible to lay readers. In addition, Housel also incorporates psychological and sociological insights into his writing. This combination of science-based research, financial expertise, and practiced storytelling form the touchstones of Housel’s narrative style.