Jeff Maysh
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Jeff Maysh (born 30 March 1982, Nassau, Bahamas) is a British-American writer, author and journalist based in Hollywood, California.
Journalism
Maysh started his career at the British men's magazine Loaded.{{cite web| url = https://medium.com/the-queue-uk/talking-about-writing-jeff-maysh-author-of-handsome-devil-735b20bb24a0| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160822182800/https://medium.com/the-queue-uk/talking-about-writing-jeff-maysh-author-of-handsome-devil-735b20bb24a0| archive-date = 2016-08-22| title = Talking About Writing: Jeff Maysh, author of 'Handsome Devil' — The Queue UK — Medium}} He moved to America in 2010 to cover international crime,{{cite news|title = Talking About Writing: Jeff Maysh|publisher = The Queue|date = 12 March 2016|url = https://medium.com/the-queue-uk/talking-about-writing-jeff-maysh-author-of-handsome-devil-735b20bb24a0#.6qq4a844|accessdate = 1 August 2016|archive-date = 22 August 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160822182800/https://medium.com/the-queue-uk/talking-about-writing-jeff-maysh-author-of-handsome-devil-735b20bb24a0#.6qq4a844|url-status = dead}} for publications including The Atlantic.{{cite web |title=Jeff Maysh |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jeff-maysh/ |website=The Atlantic |accessdate=20 July 2019}}
As a correspondent for the BBC, Maysh became the first journalist to enter the notorious Korydallos prison, near Athens.{{cite news|title = Exclusive: Hollywood Calls For Paleokostas?|publisher = Greek Reporter|date = 14 September 2014|url = http://hollywood.greekreporter.com/2014/09/25/exclusive-hollywood-calls-for-paleokostas/ |accessdate =1 August 2016}} 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.{{cite news |title=The Uncatchable |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29250890 |accessdate=19 July 2019 |date=25 September 2014}}{{cite news|title = Readers spent 2.3 million minutes on The Uncatchable @BBCNewsMagazine|publisher = Twitter|date = 26 September 2014}}
His story about Steve Davies, a mythical soccer fan who scored a goal for West Ham United,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/sep/05/harry-redknapp-played-fan-west-ham|title=The day Harry Redknapp brought a fan on to play for West Ham|date=5 September 2013|work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 March 2017}} was listed in the notable section of 'Best American Sports Writing 2014', and voted number one in a poll of 'greatest ever soccer stories'.{{cite news|title = Readers' Poll: These Are Your Five Favorite Ever Soccer Articles|publisher = Longform.org|date = 2 October 2014|url = http://longform.org/posts/readers-poll-these-are-your-five-favorite-soccer-articles|accessdate =1 August 2016}}
In May 2015, Paramount Pictures acquired the movie rights to Maysh's story 'The Wedding Sting'. According to a report in Variety,{{cite news|title = Paramount lands Atlantic Article on Flint Wedding Sting|work = Variety|date = 12 May 2015|url = https://variety.com/2015/film/news/paramount-atlantic-article-the-wedding-sting-1201493421/|accessdate =1 August 2016}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/the-wedding-sting/392699/|title=The Wedding Sting|website=The Atlantic|date=12 May 2015}}
In 2016, Maysh won 'Best Crime Reporting' and 'Best Feature (over 1,000 words)' at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards.{{cite news|title = Winners: Southern California Journalism Awards 2015|publisher = Los Angeles Press Club|date = 12 July 2016|url = http://www.lapressclub.org/resources/Documents/WINNERS58SoCalforOnline.pdf|accessdate = 1 August 2016|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160705153940/http://www.lapressclub.org/resources/Documents/WINNERS58SoCalforOnline.pdf|archivedate = 5 July 2016|df = dmy-all}} Both awards recognised his story in Playboy about a Michigan farmer who ran a $4 million smuggling operation involving counterfeit Pez dispensers.{{cite news|title = The Pez Outlaw|publisher = Playboy|date = 12 March 2015|url = http://www.playboy.com/articles/pez-outlaw/|accessdate =1 August 2016}}{{cite news|title = Quest for the Pez Holy Grail: International Smuggling Meets Father-Son Bonding|work = Collectors Weekly|date = 20 March 2015|url = http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/quest-for-the-pez-holy-grail/|accessdate =1 August 2016}}
His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about Victor Lustig,{{cite news |title=The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice. |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/ |accessdate=12 March 2019 |work=Smithsonian |language=en}} while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van Haarlem, a Czechoslovak spy.{{cite news |title=The spy with no name |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38261956 |accessdate=12 March 2019 |date=4 January 2017}}
In 2018, Maysh published an 8,900-word article on a major fraud involving the McDonald's Monopoly promotion on The Daily Beast.{{cite news |last1=Maysh |first1=Jeff |title=How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions |accessdate=20 July 2019 |date=29 July 2018 |language=en}} This story of a former police officer who stole $20 million in cash and prizes became the subject of a bidding war in Hollywood.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Chris |title=Behind Hollywood's A-List Bidding War for a McDonald's Monopoly Article |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/behind-hollywoods-mcdonalds-monopoly-article-bidding-war.html |accessdate=20 July 2019 |work=www.vulture.com}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Abramovitch |first1=Seth |title=Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Paid $1 Million for McDonald's Monopoly Scam Story |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-affleck-matt-damon-paid-1-million-mcdonalds-monopoly-scam-story-1132107 |accessdate=20 July 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |first=Jeff |last=Maysh |author-mask=0 |title=Lilywhite and Blue: The History of Tottenham's Famous Shirt |publisher=Jeff Maysh Books |year=2010 |isbn=978-0956684202}}
- {{Cite book |first=Jeff |last=Maysh |author-mask=0 |title=Handsome Devil |series=Kindle singles |year=2016 |asin=B01CR9PQ6Y }}
- {{Cite book |first=Jeff |last=Maysh |author-mask=0 |title=The Spy With No Name: The Cold War and a Case of Stolen Identity |series=Kindle singles |year=2017 |asin=B01NBR1CNV }}
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External links
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Category:English male journalists
Category:British expatriates in the United States
Category:The New Yorker people