Vicky Ward is a British-born author and investigative journalist. She is the author of the New York Times best seller The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High-Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). A former contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years, she is also the former executive editor of Talk magazine and features editor and news features editor of the New York Post. Her work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Times (London), the New York Times, and the Daily Telegraph. She holds a master's degree in English literature from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, and has lived in New York City since 1997.