William Poundstone is an American author, columnist, and
skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of
Carl Sagan.
An enthusiastic fan of the fiction author
Harry Stephen Keeler, Poundstone maintains the Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002).
Biggest Secrets: More Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1993.
Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos. 1999.
The Big Book of Big Secrets. 2001. reprints Big Secrets and Biggest Secrets
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? : Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle – How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers. 2003.
Poundstone, William (2005). Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street.
ISBN978-0809045990.