Michael Moss is an American journalist, author, and public speaker. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2010, and was a finalist for the prize in 2006 and 1999. He is also the recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers, an Overseas Press Club citation, and a James Beard Foundation Award for Literary Writing. Before joining The New York Times, he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, New York Newsday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel and High Country News. His authorships include Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us that was #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and has been translated into 22 languages.