Jeff Maysh

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Jeff Maysh
Born (1982-03-30) 30 March 1982 (age 42)
Nassau, Bahamas
NationalityBritish-American
Occupations
  • Writer
  • author
  • journalist
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Website www.jeffmaysh.com

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

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Journalism

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]

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  1. ↑ "Talking About Writing: Jeff Maysh, author of 'Handsome Devil' — The Queue UK — Medium". Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Talking About Writing: Jeff Maysh". The Queue. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jeff Maysh". The Atlantic. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: Hollywood Calls For Paleokostas?". Greek Reporter. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Uncatchable". BBC News. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Readers spent 2.3 million minutes on The Uncatchable @BBCNewsMagazine". Twitter. 26 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "The day Harry Redknapp brought a fan on to play for West Ham". The Guardian . 5 September 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Readers' Poll: These Are Your Five Favorite Ever Soccer Articles". Longform.org. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Paramount lands Atlantic Article on Flint Wedding Sting". Variety. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Wedding Sting". The Atlantic . 12 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "The Pez Outlaw". Playboy. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Quest for the Pez Holy Grail: International Smuggling Meets Father-Son Bonding". Collectors Weekly. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice". Smithsonian. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "The spy with no name". 4 January 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Maysh, Jeff (29 July 2018). "How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions" . Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  17. ↑ Lee, Chris. "Behind Hollywood's A-List Bidding War for a McDonald's Monopoly Article". www.vulture.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  18. ↑ Abramovitch, Seth. "Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Paid $1 Million for McDonald's Monopoly Scam Story". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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