An American journalist, writer, and diplomat, Edwin Lefvre (18711943) was globally acknowledged for his seminal works on the Wall Street business. He began his career as a journalist but eventually became a stockbroker. Lefvre also worked as a broker on Wall Street. However, following his fathers death, Edwin Lefvre inherited some wealth and became an independent investor. It was in the year of 1901 that a collection of Lefvre's short stories under the title, Wall Street Stories was published. Soon after, several of his novels about money and finance were published. In 1925, Lefvre authored another book about a stock trader, a factual biography with titled as The Making of a Stockbroker. Of the eight books Edwin Lefvre wrote, many consider his Reminiscences of a Stock Operator a classic of American business writing.