Author · Journalist · Speaker
Six books. A global bestseller. Two seasons writing for HBO. Still a lot to say — just more carefully now.
In the establishment-skewering tradition of Voltaire, Cervantes and Jonathan Swift, we now have a voice for our own digital age. — Newsweek
New York Times Bestseller
A desperately needed wake-up call for escaping the damaging effects of constant noise. Learning to talk less, listen more, and speak with intention can make you happier, healthier, and more successful.
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Best Business Books of 2018 — The Guardian
New tools, practices, and hyper-capitalist business models have shattered the social contract between companies and employees. Lab Rats investigates how — and proposes a way forward.
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New York Times Bestseller — instant #1
"The best book about Silicon Valley today." — Los Angeles Times. A kooky cult-like startup. A pile of stock options. And everything that could go wrong, did. A memoir and cultural autopsy in one.
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Dan blends masterful storytelling with research-based insights. His energetic, takeaway-laden presentations have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, NPR and the BBC.
"Dan was great — extremely professional, collaborative, and just a great guy. He clearly customized the entire speech for our group. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to have content that was fresh, new and interesting just for our audience."
— Event organizer testimonial"STFU convinced me that, by keeping my big mouth shut, I will be happier and more productive. Dan Lyons' ridiculously funny gem taught me how to shut up and pay fierce attention to others."
Robert I. Sutton — NYT bestselling author, The No Asshole Rule"Lyons cuts through the noise even as he critiques it. Timely, clever, and important. Need I say more? (Probably not)."
David Litt — NYT bestselling author of Thanks, Obama"Read this book — your boss will thank you. Your spouse will thank you. And you'll thank yourself. Good communication is measured not by the speaker, but by the listener."
Kim Scott — NYT bestselling author of Radical CandorDan Lyons is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter, and journalist. His latest book, STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World, is a much-needed wake-up call for a world going a little bit nuts from information overload and constant cacophony.
His memoir, Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Startup Bubble, became an instant bestseller. He followed it with Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us, a critically acclaimed examination of tech-driven workplace culture praised by The Guardian and The Economist.
Dan spent two seasons writing for HBO's hit comedy Silicon Valley. Before that, he spent years as a technology journalist at Forbes, Fortune, and Newsweek, and has contributed to the New York Times, Wired, and others.
During his tenure at Forbes, Dan created The Secret Diary of Fake Steve Jobs — a blog that drew more than a million monthly readers and spawned the satirical novel Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, which one reviewer compared to the work of Voltaire, Cervantes, and Jonathan Swift.
Earlier in his career, Dan received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and won the Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan.
Dan and his family live in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
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Dan Lyons is a New York Times bestselling author, as well as a screenwriter and journalist. His latest book is STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World. Dan's memoir, Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Startup Bubble, tells the story of the two years he spent working in a cult-like software startup and became an instant hit. Dan followed it up with Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us, a critique of Silicon Valley corporate culture. Dan was a writer on HBO's hit comedy, Silicon Valley, and has worked as a technology journalist at Forbes, Fortune and Newsweek. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, Wired, and other publications. Dan has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, NPR and the BBC.
Short bio
Dan Lyons is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter and journalist. His books include STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World, and Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Startup Bubble. Dan was a writer on HBO's hit comedy, Silicon Valley and worked as a technology journalist at Forbes, Fortune and Newsweek.
