Sheelah Kolhatkar

About the Author

Sheelah Kolhatkar is an acclaimed journalist and author whose incisive reporting has illuminated the shadowy underbelly of high finance. A staff writer at The New Yorker, she brings a sharp eye for detail and a compelling narrative voice to her explorations of power, greed, and accountability in the world of Wall Street. Her debut book, Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street, chronicles the dramatic pursuit of hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen and his SAC Capital, blending meticulous research with gripping storytelling to expose the perils of insider trading. Kolhatkar's work has appeared in publications like Bloomberg Businessweek and The Atlantic, earning her recognition for demystifying complex financial scandals for a broad audience. With a background in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, she continues to dissect the intersections of money, morality, and markets in her writing.