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Sales History: Chain of Title's combined hardcover, paperback and ebook sales are nearly 11,000 copies, including 7000 hardcovers. The audiobook was a bestseller.

Media track record: Chain of Title was called "gripping" by the New York Times and "enraging and enlightening" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. It was named a best book of 2016 by Kirkus Reviews and The Week.

Platform: David Dayen is the new editor of the American Prospect. He is also a weekly contributor to The Nation, The New Republic, and The Intercept, where he continues to write about economics and finance. He also writes regularly for the Los Angeles Times, The American Prospect, Vice, and In These Times, and his work has previously been featured in Politico, the Huffington Post, The Guardian (UK), The Atlantic, Wired, and more. He has 40,000 followers on Twitter.

Credentials: Dayen is a highly regarded financial journalist. He has given hundreds of radio and television interviews to MSNBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, NPR, SiriusXM, The Young Turks, Pacifica, and BBC Radio, among others. He has just been hired as the new editor of the American Prospect.

Speaking: He participates regularly in panels and public events, including Netroots Nation.

Blurbs/endorsements: Rick Perlstein, Matt Taibbi, Nomi Prins, Elizabeth Warren

Affiliations: American Prospect and The Intercept