Patrick Radden Keefe – American journalist and author, known for «Say Nothing» and «Empire of Pain». A staff writer at The New Yorker, he merges investigative depth with gripping narrative, turning nonfiction into page-turners. His work probes memory, violence, and corporate power with literary flair.
✨ Say Nothing on Northern Ireland won the Orwell Prize. 📚 Empire of Pain exposed the Sackler dynasty and the opioid crisis. 🎙 Created the podcast Wind of Change, about the Scorpions and CIA rumour. 🖊 Famous for obsessive research, often interviewing for months. 🌍 His reporting is translated worldwide. 🏛 Writes nonfiction with the pacing of a thriller. 📖 Has contributed to The New Yorker for over 15 years. 💡 Frequently compared to Truman Capote. 🎓 Studied at Columbia, the LSE, and Cambridge. 🙃 Curiously, once wanted to be a TV comedy writer. 😄 Amusingly, after Wind of Change he jokes he “can’t hear rock without suspicion.”