A down and out journalist and a cunning stock broker have a couple drinks at their college reunion and walk away with a plan to knock off the nation's largest bank.​

 

Set in Los Angeles during the 2000s, Stealing From Thieves is a book of fiction based on some real events as two friends, a few everyday restaurant workers and a passed-over bank executive pursue an astronomical payday, while delivering payback to the orchestrators of The Great Recession.

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It will either succeed brilliantly, or fail spectacularly. 

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​In July 2026, Stealing From Thieves advanced to the second round of the Bridport Prize, finishing in the top 5% of all entries vying for the prestigous international novel award ​