Paddy Hirsch

Paddy Hirsch has worked in public radio at NPR and Marketplace. He came to journalism after serving as an officer in the British Royal Marines and lives in Los Angeles. The author of the nonfiction book explaining economics, Man vs. Markets, The Devil's Half Mile is his fiction debut.

The Historical Fiction Writer’s Conundrum: How Much History?

By Paddy Hirsch

 June 4, 2018

The moment I started writing The Devil’s Half Mile, I began what is shaping up to be a lifelong struggle. I’m working on a series of sequels to the book now, and every day I find myself wrestling with one of the great existential questions that hangs over the head of every writer of historical…

The Devil’s Half Mile: New Excerpt

By Paddy Hirsch

The Devil’s Half Mile by Paddy Hirsch is a riveting historical thriller debut set in 1799 New York City. Seven years after a financial crisis nearly toppled America, traders chafe at government regulations, racial tensions are rising, gangs roam the streets and corrupt financiers make back-door deals with politicians … 1799 was a hell of a…