Bronxville, NY | Providence, RI
Also known as: NorbVonnegut
The New York Times describes my novels as money porn, a red-hot franchise, and glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance. Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and focus on the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way. I wasnt always an author. I spent most of my career in private wealth management with several brokerage firms and a registered investment adviser in NYC. Back then, I always thought the people of Wall Street and their clients would make great characters in a novel. One thing Ive learned If a novelist can cook it up, chances are somebody is doing it. In December of , I delivered the manuscript for Top Producer to St. Martins Press. My debut novel told the story of a Ponzi scheme in the public marketswhich may not sound like a big deal in the aftermath of . But I completed the book twelve months before Madoff unraveled. More recently I wrote The Trust, a novel about drugs, money laundering, a sex superstore, and the Catholic Fund. A few months after its publication, a Catholic priest was indicted in Connecticut for cooking methamphetamine. And the press reported that he bought a sex shop to launder his drug money. My stories have been nosing up to reality, long before the headlines make the press. The reason Novelists can advance theories about characters, no matter how crazy, without fearing the public embarrassment of being wrong. In my case, Im probing people born from my real-life experience in the trenches of private wealth management. Other things to know about me I write a column about private wealth management for the Wall Street Journal. My commentary addresses financial advisers. Its opinionated. I dont hold back. But its unbiased, because Im not constrained by ties to Wall Street. If youre evaluating your own financial advisers, I encourage you to take a look.
Also known as: NorbVonnegut
Author of three glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance...a red-hot franchise. - JANET MASLIN, NYT. Wealth-management columnist for Wall Street Journal.
