Maria Konnikova

Columnist, The New Yorker

Maria Konnikova is the author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (2013) and the The Confidence Game (2016). She is a columnist for The New Yorker online and lives in New York.

Written by Maria Konnikova

A naked woman in a bed with a man partially visible, in a room with red walls and a wooden bed frame, clothes on the floor and a light fixture on the wall.

essaySex and sexuality

Pornucopia

Critics say that porn degrades women, dulls sexual pleasure, and ruins authentic relationships – are they right?

Maria Konnikova

Black and white photo of two men; one wears a top hat and suit, the other a deerstalker hat and coat, holding a magnifying glass and pipe.

essayLove and friendship

The empathy machine

Sherlock was right – new research shows that seeing through another’s eyes takes a detached mind not just a warm heart

Maria Konnikova