Michael Wolff is an American journalist, author, and media critic best known for hard-edged, insider-style books on powerful media and political figures, especially Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.

Who is Michael Wolff?

  • Michael Wolff (born 1953) is a New Jersey–born journalist and author who has written for outlets such as USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, New York magazine, Vanity Fair, and British GQ.
  • He has won two National Magazine Awards and a Mirror Award for his media columns and reportage.

Why is he famous?

  • Wolff broke into mainstream “trending topic” territory with his 2018 Trump‑era bestseller Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House , which painted a chaotic, gossipy portrait of the early Trump administration and went straight to number one on the New York Times list.
  • He followed it with further Trump books— Siege (2019), Landslide (2021), and All or Nothing (2025)—cementing his reputation as a provocative chronicler of Trump‑world and contemporary U.S. politics.

Earlier career and media focus

  • Before the Trump books, Wolff was already well known in media circles for Burn Rate (1998), about his own dot‑com venture, and The Man Who Owns the News (2008), a biography of Rupert Murdoch based on extensive access to Murdoch and his circle.
  • He has long specialized in sharp, sometimes controversial profiles of media moguls and power players, and some critics have questioned the precision of certain reported scenes even as others praise his insider detail and biting style.

What is he doing lately?

  • In recent years, Wolff has shifted some of his work to Substack with a newsletter called HOWL, where he continues to write about “Trump time,” American politics, and scandals like Jeffrey Epstein with a mix of gossip, narrative, and media criticism.
  • He remains an active commentator on X (formerly Twitter) and on the lecture circuit, using his long experience covering media and politics to frame the ongoing Trump era and its aftermath for audiences.

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