Jerome Tuccille

Jerome Tuccille is the author of more than 20 books covering a wide range of topics. Gallery of Fools is his latest book. It tells the story of his family's involvement in the theft of eight priceless impressionist paintings from a New York City art gallery. Tuccille's underground classic, It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand, has recently been revised and updated. His biographies include Alan Shrugged: Alan Greenspan, the World’s Most Powerful Banker; Rupert Murdoch; Trump; and Kingdom: the Story of the Hunts of Texas. He has written many financial books, including The Optimist's Guide to Making Money in the 1980s, Mind Over Money, and The New Tax Law and You. Tuccille has also written or co-authored four novels, among them Wall Street Blues and The Mission.

Tuccille is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Investment Services, and he has worked in the investment area as a broker and supervisory analyst since 1975. From 1971 to 1973, the author taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and in 1974 he was the Free Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York.