Diamond Dust: How A Nice Mormon Boy Became A Brilliant Counterfeiter by Russ Swa

Description: Diamond Dust by Russ Swain, Michael McKinley Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Diamond Dust: a memoir of how one young persons talent ran away with itself, and how life can give us second chances-at finding our better selves. Publisher Description A quick, engaging page turner from beginning to end-straight-forward and told with courage-Diamond Dust is a memoir of how one young persons talent ran away with itself, careening into one unexpected event after another. Told with humor and introspection, it is a story of hubris and redemption, of talent and conscience, of art and absolution--and how life can lead us to second chances--at finding our better selves. Author Biography Russ Swain spent his first twenty-five years of artistic life as a graphic designer, but when computers began to take over that world, Russ got out. He thinks art loses its soul when it is filtered through a machine. Since then, Russ has used his talents to paint murals, and trompe loeil works for clients. All of his work is obtained by word-of-mouth referral, and Russ travels the world to create his art. Russ hails from Ogden, Utah, where he grew up and graduated high school in 1968, and then served his two-year mission to Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He enrolled in Weber State College in 1972 while working as a sign painter, and then enrolled in Brigham Young University in 1974, to continue his studies as an art major. He returned to Weber State and graduated in 1976. Russ then worked in an advertising agency, getting hired because of a postage stamp he had created when he sent in his application. Later, Russ opened Para Graphics, his own design and printing business, in 1981. He counterfeited money between 1983 and 1984, and then stopped, when the Secret Service caught up with him. He avoided prison, thanks to the Secret Services admiration of him and his work, and then worked out of a home office, doing freelance design. He began decorative-painting and wall murals in 1987, and his work is now much in demand. Michael McKinley is a journalist, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker educated at the University of Oxford. He co-wrote A Quiet Life, a cybercrime thriller, Skyhorse Publishing, 2024; The Glamor of Evil, a spy thriller novel, with Nancy Merritt Bell, Pierian Springs Press 2024; Facetime: A Psychological Thriller; The Penalty Killing: A Martin Carter Mystery, nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award as best first crime novel, McClelland & Stewart; Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey, with Sean Avery, Dutton & Viking; The Codebreakers: The Secret Intelligence Unit that Changed the Course of the First World War, with James Wyllie. Ebury; Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery, his companion book to the highly popular CNN series, with D. Gibson, St. Martins Press; Diamond Dust, a memoir with Utahs most successful Mormon counterfeiter, Russ Swain, Pierian Springs Press, 2024 As a journalist, he has written for The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, Vancouver Sun, National Post, Saturday Night Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Food & Wine, New York Observer, New York Daily News, Politics Daily, Washington Post, and has won national news and magazine writing awards. His TV and Film credits include co-creator and co-executive producer of Epsteins Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell, the three-part series for NBC Peacock. He wrote, directed and produced Our Lady of Staten Island, a feature documentary; and Lincolns Law, a TV drama series; and Dead Right, a TV drama series. He created, co-wrote and produced The Two Marys for CNN, winner of the Gracie Award for Best Hour-long Documentary aired in the US. Details ISBN 1953136737 ISBN-13 9781953136732 Title Diamond Dust Author Russ Swain, Michael McKinley Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 186 Publisher Pierian Springs Press GE_Item_ID:161413841; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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