Jeff Maysh (born 30 March 1982,
Nassau, Bahamas
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) is a British-American writer, author and journalist based in Hollywood, California.
Journalism
Maysh started his career at the British men's magazine ''
Loaded''. He moved to America in 2010 to cover international crime, for publications including ''The Atlantic''.
As a correspondent for the BBC, Maysh became the first journalist to enter the notorious
Korydallos
Korydallos ( el, Κορυδαλλός; Latin: ''Corydallus'') is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a suburb of Piraeus.
Geography
Korydallos is situated southeast of the mountain Aegaleo. It is located 7 km west of c ...
prison, near Athens. His profile of prisoner
Vassilis Paleokostas
Vassilis Palaiokostas ( el, Βασίλης Παλαιοκώστας; born 17 May 1966 at Moschofyto, Trikala regional unit) is a Greek bank robber and fugitive known as the "Greek Robin Hood" for his habit of giving away stolen money to the poor. ...
, a Greek bank robber who escaped from the prison in a helicopter, twice, was published on the BBC News Magazine on 25 September 2014.
His story about Steve Davies, a mythical soccer fan who scored a goal for
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
,
was listed in the notable section of 'Best American Sports Writing 2014', and voted number one in a poll of 'greatest ever soccer stories'.
In May 2015, Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights to Maysh's story The Wedding Sting. According to a report in ''Variety'', 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
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
''.
In 2016, Maysh won 'Best Crime Reporting' and 'Best Feature (over 1,000 words)' at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Both awards recognised his story in ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
'' about a Michigan farmer who ran a $4million smuggling operation involving counterfeit
Pez
Pez (, ; stylised as PEZ) is the brand name of an Austrian candy and associated manual candy dispensers. The candy is a pressed, dry, straight-edged, curved-corner block 15 mm ( inch) long, 8 mm ( inch) wide and 5 mm ...
dispensers.
His 2016 book ''Handsome Devil'' is about
Victor Lustig
Victor Lustig (; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lusti ...
, while the following year's ''The Spy With No Name'' is about
Erwin van Haarlem, a Czechoslovak spy.
In 2018, Maysh published an 8,900-word article on a major fraud involving the
McDonald's Monopoly promotion on ''The Daily Beast''. This story of a former police officer who stole $20 million in cash and prizes became the subject of a bidding war in Hollywood. 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.
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Living people
1982 births
English male journalists
British expatriates in the United States
The New Yorker people
People from Nassau, Bahamas
People from Hollywood, Los Angeles