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Paddy Hirsch is an author and Murrow award-winning journalist. His first novel is The Devil's Half Mile, an historical thriller with a financial twist, set in New York in 1799.

He is the author of Man vs Markets; Economics Explained, Plain and Simple. Publisher's Weekly called the book " “A straightforward, accessible, and often hilarious overview of our financial and economic systems, products, and concepts."

He works as a supervising editor at NPR's planet Money. He is also the creator and host of Marketplace Whiteboard, an award-winning video explainer of financial and economic terms.

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	The Devil's Half Mile 3.67 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man vs. Markets: Economics Explained (Plain and Simple) – An Insightful, Witty Journey Through Financial Markets for Investors 3.96 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hudson's Kill 3.74 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primed: A transatlantic revenge thriller 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Half Mile Sneak Peek 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Gary Lawlor broke the day his sons were murdered in a car bomb meant for him. He failed to find the killer, and drank himself into a hole of self-recrimination and shame. Twenty years later, he is back on his feet, but he’s empty inside. And when a chance comes for him to take his revenge, he takes it. No matter what the cost.

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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

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“it wasn’t so much the companies’ strategies that bled them dry as it was the billions of dollars they had borrowed to put their strategies into action.”
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