Edwin Lefevre (1871-1943), was a South American born-American writer, novelist, journalist and ambassador known for his writings on the Wall Street business world. Emigrating to the
U.S. as a young child, Lefevre studied to become a mining engineer. As a teenager, he began a career as a journalist and also worked as a stockbroker, investor and a financial writer for the New York Sun. He first published a collection of short stories in 1901, Wall Street Stories. This was followed by several novels about money and finance and he also penned articles in The Saturday Evening Post. His Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is considered an American business classic.
