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Nonfiction, he is the author of the New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he writes in the books prologue shows crime and corruption, secrets and lies, as a permeable membrane separating illicit wolds. Worlds. What shines through most brightly is his fascination of what makes us most human. We will be in conversation with carolyn, a National Features wri ter, and a finalist for the 2001 full surprise. Without fu