Jeff Maysh

Jeff Maysh
Born (1982-03-30) 30 March 1982
Nassau, Bahamas
Residence Hollywood, United States
Nationality British
Occupation
  • Writer
  • author
  • journalist
Website www.jeffmaysh.com

Jeff Maysh (born 30 March 1982, Nassau, Bahamas) is a British writer, author and journalist based in Hollywood, California.

Journalism

Maysh started his career at the British men's magazine Loaded.[1] He moved to America in 2010 to cover international crime.[2]

As a correspondent for the BBC, Maysh became the first journalist to enter the notorious Korydallos prison, near Athens.[3]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.[4]

His story about Steve Davies, a mythical soccer fan who scored a goal for West Ham United,[5] was listed in the notable section of 'Best American Sports Writing 2014', and voted number one in a poll of 'greatest ever soccer stories'.[6]

In May 2015, Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights to Maysh's story The Wedding Sting. According to a report in Variety,[7] 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.[8]

In 2016, Maysh won 'Best Crime Reporting' and 'Best Feature (over 1,000 words)' at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards.[9] Both awards recognised his story in Playboy about a Michigan farmer who ran a $4million smuggling operation involving counterfeit Pez dispensers.[10][11]

His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about Victor Lustig, while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van Haarlem, a Czechoslovak spy.

Bibliography

  • Lilywhite and Blue: The History of Tottenham's Famous Shirt. Jeff Maysh Books. 2010. ISBN 978-0956684202.
  • Handsome Devil. Kindle singles. 2016. ASIN B01CR9PQ6Y.
  • The Spy With No Name: The Cold War and a Case of Stolen Identity. Kindle singles. 2017. ASIN B01NBR1CNV.

References

  1. ↑ https://medium.com/the-queue-uk/talking-about-writing-jeff-maysh-author-of-handsome-devil-735b20bb24a0
  2. ↑ "Talking About Writing: Jeff Maysh". The Queue. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive: Hollywood Calls For Paleokostas?". Greek Reporter. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Readers spent 2.3 million minutes on The Uncatchable @BBCNewsMagazine". Twitter. 26 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "The day Harry Redknapp brought a fan on to play for West Ham". The Guardian. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Readers' Poll: These Are Your Five Favorite Ever Soccer Articles". Longform.org. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Paramount lands Atlantic Article on Flint Wedding Sting". Variety. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  8. ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/the-wedding-sting/392699/
  9. ↑ "Winners: Southern California Journalism Awards 2015" (PDF). Los Angeles Press Club. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Pez Outlaw". Playboy. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Quest for the Pez Holy Grail: International Smuggling Meets Father-Son Bonding". Collectors Weekly. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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