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Neil Darrow Strauss born October 13, 1973, also known by the pen names style and Chris Powles, is an American and Kittitian author, journalist and ghostwriter. He is best known for his best-selling book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, where he describes his experiences in the seduction community in an effort to become “a pick-up artist.” He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and also writes regularly for The New York TimesIn The Game, Strauss tells the tale of his transformation into “style”, a pickup artist under the tutelage of Mystery. In addition to documenting his experiences with pickup artists like Mystery, Nick Savoy, Extramask (Barry Kirkey) and Ross Jeffries, it also describes his seductive interactions with celebrities including Britney Spears, Tom Cruise, and Courtney Love. Strauss writes of his distrust of pickup artists “Tyler Durden” and “Papa”, the co-founders of Real Social Dynamics. In promoting his book, Strauss appeared on various TV shows, including The View and ABC Primetime, and he participated in many book signings After publishing the book, Strauss temporarily retired as a pickup artist and settled with a long-term girlfriend Lisa Leveridge, who played guitar in Courtney Love’s all-female band The Chelsea. An article in the Sunday Mirror, suggested that Leveridge broke up with Strauss in February 2006 to date Robbie Williams. Strauss denied the Williams rumor, but confirmed his breakup with Leveridge on his mailing list a few months later. Strauss has continued to be involved with pick up artistry through his dating coaching company stylelife Academy. stylelife was founded in 2007 and whilst most of the coaching is done by employed coaches other than himself, Strauss does make appearances at yearly conferences and in some video products sold by the companyThe Tools You Need To Get a Date in 31 Days * Mind Shaping * Personal Mission * stylelife Voice Training * stylelife Day4 Mission * Looks and Grooming * Opener Tips * Challenger Openers * Strategies for a Successful Approach and more..