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Jeff Maysh (born 30 March 1982, Nassau, Bahamas) is a British-American writer, author and journalist based in Hollywood, California.
Maysh started his career at the British men's magazine Loaded. [1] He moved to America in 2010 to cover international crime, [2] for publications including The Atlantic. [3]
As a correspondent for the BBC, Maysh became the first journalist to enter the notorious Korydallos prison, near Athens. [4] His profile of prisoner Vassilis Paleokostas, a Greek bank robber who escaped from the prison in a helicopter, twice, was published on the BBC News Magazine on 25 September 2014. [5] [6]
His story about Steve Davies, a mythical soccer fan who scored a goal for West Ham United, [7] was listed in the notable section of 'Best American Sports Writing 2014', and voted number one in a poll of 'greatest ever soccer stories'. [8]
In May 2015, Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights to Maysh's story 'The Wedding Sting'. According to a report in Variety, [9] bidding became 'competitive' among Hollywood studios for the true account of a rural Michigan police department that trapped drug dealers with a fake wedding. The story was first published in The Atlantic. [10]
In 2016, Maysh won 'Best Crime Reporting' and 'Best Feature (over 1,000 words)' at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. [11] Both awards recognised his story in Playboy about a Michigan farmer who ran a $4 million smuggling operation involving counterfeit Pez dispensers. [12] [13]
His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about Victor Lustig, [14] while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van Haarlem, a Czechoslovak spy. [15]
In 2018, Maysh published an 8,900-word article on a major fraud involving the McDonald's Monopoly promotion on The Daily Beast. [16] This story of a former police officer who stole $20 million in cash and prizes became the subject of a bidding war in Hollywood. [17] The sale of the movie rights to Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Twentieth Century Fox for $1 million was reported by The Hollywood Reporter as the highest fee ever paid for a single magazine article. [18]
Jeff Maysh | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British-American |
Occupations |
|
Website |
www |
Jeff Maysh (born 30 March 1982, Nassau, Bahamas) is a British-American writer, author and journalist based in Hollywood, California.
Maysh started his career at the British men's magazine Loaded. [1] He moved to America in 2010 to cover international crime, [2] for publications including The Atlantic. [3]
As a correspondent for the BBC, Maysh became the first journalist to enter the notorious Korydallos prison, near Athens. [4] His profile of prisoner Vassilis Paleokostas, a Greek bank robber who escaped from the prison in a helicopter, twice, was published on the BBC News Magazine on 25 September 2014. [5] [6]
His story about Steve Davies, a mythical soccer fan who scored a goal for West Ham United, [7] was listed in the notable section of 'Best American Sports Writing 2014', and voted number one in a poll of 'greatest ever soccer stories'. [8]
In May 2015, Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights to Maysh's story 'The Wedding Sting'. According to a report in Variety, [9] bidding became 'competitive' among Hollywood studios for the true account of a rural Michigan police department that trapped drug dealers with a fake wedding. The story was first published in The Atlantic. [10]
In 2016, Maysh won 'Best Crime Reporting' and 'Best Feature (over 1,000 words)' at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. [11] Both awards recognised his story in Playboy about a Michigan farmer who ran a $4 million smuggling operation involving counterfeit Pez dispensers. [12] [13]
His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about Victor Lustig, [14] while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van Haarlem, a Czechoslovak spy. [15]
In 2018, Maysh published an 8,900-word article on a major fraud involving the McDonald's Monopoly promotion on The Daily Beast. [16] This story of a former police officer who stole $20 million in cash and prizes became the subject of a bidding war in Hollywood. [17] The sale of the movie rights to Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Twentieth Century Fox for $1 million was reported by The Hollywood Reporter as the highest fee ever paid for a single magazine article. [18]