Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Malcolm Gladwell ( born September 3 , 1963 ) is a British-born Canadian journalist , author , and pop sociologist , living in New York City .
Simplified: Malcolm Gladwell ( born September 3 , 1963 ) is a Canadian writer for The New Yorker and best-selling author based in New York City .