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Norb Vonnegut Born Norbert James Vonnegut
April 24, 1958 [citation needed]
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States[citation needed]Occupation Novelist, Financial Services Commentator Nationality American Alma mater Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard College
Harvard Business SchoolPeriod 2008-present Genres Wall Street thriller
Crime fiction
norbvonnegut.comNorb Vonnegut (born April 24, 1958) is an American author of Wall Street thrillers and a financial commentator on his blog entitled "Acrimoney". He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and received bachelor's and Master of Business Administration degrees from Harvard University.[1] His business career began in the Philippines and took him to Australia, South Carolina, and Rhode Island before he settled into the wealth management profession in New York City. His first novel, Top Producer, earned a Publishers Weekly starred review [2][3] and interview[4] as well as positive reviews on the NBC Today show [5] and in USA Today.[6] On September 29, 2009 he was the sole guest on the Bloomberg Radio program Bloomberg on the Economy .[7] According to his agents, the publication rights to Top Producer have been sold to eight different publishers in seven foreign languages.[8]
His second novel, The Gods of Greenwich, was published in April 2011.[9] Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a gleeful peek at the world of hedge fund moguls" and "a funny, savvy book that can be as absurd as its title."[10]
Vonnegut grew up in Charleston, South Carolina where his father was based as a pilot in the United States Air Force. He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. He now resides in Bronxville, New York and Narragansett, Rhode Island. He is a fourth cousin to Kurt Vonnegut.[11]
Books
- Top Producer (2009)
- The Gods of Greenwich (2011)
References
- ^ Craig Lambert, "Sharks, Fiction, and Wall Street", Harvard Magazine, November–December 2009.
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6666330.html?nid=2286&rid=[dead link]
- ^ Joe Myers, "Grisham of Wall Street?", The News-Times, November 27, 2009.
- ^ Robert C. Hahn, "Wall Street Noir: PW talks with Norb Vonnegut: An interview with Norb Vonnegut", Publishers Weekly, Jul 06, 2009
- ^ "Fall's best new books", Today (accessed July 29, 2010).
- ^ Carol Memmott, "Book roundup: Mysteries/thrillers", USA Today, September 30, 2009.
- ^ "'Top Producer' Author Norb Vonnegut on Bloomberg", September 29, 2009 (accessed July 29, 2010).
- ^ Folio Literary Management catalog of fiction rights for Book Expo America 2010, p.50 (accessed August 11, 2010).
- ^ Kathleen Campion, "Wall Street Thriller by Banker Vonnegut Gets Bump From Madoff", Bloomberg, April 5, 2010.
- ^ Janet Maslin, "Books to Bury Yourself In", The New York Times, May 26, 2011.
- ^ "Vonnegut legend lives on through Norb", Brisbane Times, September 13, 2009
External links
Categories:- 1958 births
- American thriller writers
- American novelists
- Harvard University alumni
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- Living people
- Writers from South Carolina
- Writers from New York
- People from Charleston, South Carolina
- People from Bronxville, New York
- People from Narragansett, Rhode Island
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