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Jesse Fink (left, with DEA Special Agent Eric Kolbinsky, centre, and Luis Navia) is the author of five non-fiction books and has been published in over 20 countries and 13 foreign languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese, Danish, Serbian, Russian, Estonian and Lithuanian. He was born in London, England, in 1973 and raised and educated in Sydney, Australia, by his Australian parents.
After working for five years as senior editor of non-fiction at HarperCollins Publishers, Fink won several sportswriting awards as a journalist for Inside Sport magazine, which he served as deputy editor from 2003 to 2006. In 2003 he was nominated for a Walkley Award for Coverage of Sport.
In 2006, Fink began writing daily soccer blogs for Fox Sports Australia. The following year he wrote his first book, 15 DAYS IN JUNE, (Hardie Grant, 2007), the story of Australia’s performance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and its forgotten history in Asian football.
‘Fink can take a moment and turn it into a vivid experience.’
– The Australian
For the next five years, Fink's sportswriting went on to appear on a number of websites throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, including ESPN Star Sports and Fox Sports Asia. His column for SBS Television’s The World Game was the most read soccer blog in Australia.
In 2011 Fink wrote a feature about his divorce from his first wife for Australian marie claire. It ended up securing him a book deal with Hachette Australia, which published his memoir, LAID BARE, the following year.
Fink’s writing on sex and relationships went on to appear in several national magazines, notably News Limited’s Sunday Style.
‘An excellent writer and storyteller.’
– The Daily Telegraph
His next book, THE YOUNGS: THE BROTHERS WHO BUILT AC/DC, was published by Penguin Random House Australia in 2013 and by St Martin’s Press in the United States in 2014, as well as over a dozen European, South American and Asian countries. A number-one bestselling Amazon music biography in the United States, Germany and United Kingdom, it was chosen among PRI Public Radio International’s Best Books of 2014 and featured in The New Yorker. The book was also a number-one national bestseller in Denmark, a first for an Australian author.
In 2017, Fink released two books: an updated version of LAID BARE (Xoum Publishing) and BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY (Penguin Random House Australia, ECW Press, Black & White Publishing, Hannibal Verlag, Editora Saraiva, Disk Union, Le Castor Astral, Vaktel Forlag, Volvox Globator). Bon was a #1 music biography in Sweden, the United Kingdom and France, chosen for five Book of the Year lists, and the cover story in the December 2017 issue of Classic Rock.
His new book is PURE NARCO (Penguin Random House Australia, John Blake Publishing), the story of Cuban-American cocaine trafficker Luis Navia.
‘Insightful, original and fascinating.’ – La Prensa
Fink has been interviewed by, provided opinion for or been quoted by media outlets such as The New Yorker, CNN, BBC Sport, Fox News, Forbes, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, The Seattle Times, The Omaha World-Herald, Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil), Ultimate Classic Rock, Irish Times, Kerrang!, Loudwire, Classic Rock, The Guardian, Salon, Billboard, New Zealand Herald, Rolling Stone (Germany, Russia, Spain, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil), El Pais (Spain, Uruguay, Brazil), The Arizona Daily Star, The Canton Repository, Metal Hammer, Gibson.com, The Christian Science Monitor, Storie (Italy), Sky News (UK), World Football Insider, The Wall Street Journal, Who Magazine, Yahoo!7 Sport (Australia), The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia), The National (Abu Dhabi), The Australian, Double J, The Sydney Morning Herald, Madison (Australia), The Age, The Gold Coast Bulletin, Yonhap News (South Korea), The New Paper (Singapore), ICI Radio-Canada (Canada), Jornal da Paraiba (Brazil), Hindu Business Line (India), La Repubblica (Italy), O Estadao de S. Paulo (Brazil), Playboy (Brazil), O Globo (Brazil), Vorterix (Argentina), Pagina 12 (Argentina), Eurosport (France), La Voz (Argentina), La Nacion (Argentina), La Gaceta (Argentina), La Prensa (Argentina), Scottish Field (UK), Correio de Bahia (Brazil), Blitz (Portugal), The Courier & Advertiser (UK), Ekstra Bladet (Denmark), Crime Monthly (UK), Big Issue North (UK) and DNA Sunday (India), among many others.
He has appeared as a guest on TV programs Sunrise (Seven Network, Australia), Studio 10 (Ten Network, Australia), Mornings (Nine Network, Australia), Weekend Today (Nine Network, Australia), The Project (Ten Network, Australia), The Morning Show (Seven Network, Australia), Sky News Australia (Australian News Channel, Australia), Insight (SBS, Australia), 7.30 (ABC, Australia), RTL (Germany), and Bola@Mamak (Astro SuperSport 811 & SuperSport HD 831, Malaysia).
He has been interviewed on radio stations ABC Sydney, ABC Radio National, ABC Canberra, ABC Brisbane, ABC Hobart, ABC North West WA, ABC Perth, ABC Alice Springs, ABC Adelaide, ABC Darwin, ABC Radio Australia, ABC Newcastle, ABC South West WA, Spirit Radio, 96FM Perth, Triple M Sydney, 5AA Adelaide, 2SM Super Radio Network, 2GB 873 AM, Radio West, Sea FM 90.9, 93.9 Bay FM, 88.3 Southern FM, 88.6 Plenty Valley FM, 4KQ, 6PR, 1116 SEN, Zinc Central Queensland, Rock 102 (Fargo, North Dakota), WZLX (Boston, Massachusetts), KMED (Medford/Ashland, Oregon), WRFX (Charlotte, North Carolina), WZOC (South Bend, Indiana), 92 KQRS (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 105.5 WDHA (Morristown, New Jersey), KNEN (Norfolk, Nebraska), KTRS (St Louis, Missouri), FM96 (Ontario, Canada), WBIG (Chicago, Illinois), WKBN (Youngstown, Ohio), 101.9 The Fox (Ontario, Canada), KSLX (Phoenix, Arizona), KLPX (Tucson, Arizona), WPYX (Albany, New York), WKSQ (Bangor, Maine), SiriusXM (New York, New York), TK99 (Syracuse, New York), WCZX (Detroit, Illinois), WIFC (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), KKBZ (Fresno, California), WGRF (Buffalo, New York), KLPX (Tucson, Arizona), Radio New Zealand, Rockomotora (Argentina), Radio Cantilo (Argentina), 89FM (Brazil), Wikimetal (Brazil) and BBC World Service (UK).
Online, he has appeared on podcasts such as Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho, Robb Flynn's No Fucking Regrets, Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk (in an episode co-hosted by LA Guns’ Tracii Guns), Michael Butler’s Rock and Roll Geek Show, Rich Davenport’s Rock Show, Victor M. Ruiz’s Mars Attacks, Aaron Kitchen's The Rocker Life and many more.
Visit his LinkedIn profile for a complete summary of his professional experience. Fink is available for private consulting, writing and editorial projects.
‘Fresh, incisive.’ – MOJO
RECENT WORK
2017–2021
• Wrote PURE NARCO, a 170,000-word true-crime biography of major Cuban-American cocaine trafficker Luis Navia for Penguin Random House Australia and John Blake Publishing (UK). It was released in October 2020 in Australia and the UK. North American and Estonian editions will be released in 2021.
2014–2017
• Wrote BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY, a 150,000-word biography of legendary AC/DC singer Bon Scott, for Penguin Random House Australia, Black & White Publishing (UK) and ECW Press (North America).
Bon was published around the world in November 2017 and was a #1 music biography in the United Kingdom and France. It has been chosen for five Book of the Year lists. Rights were sold to nine territories – Australia (Penguin Random House Australia), Czech Republic (Volvox Globator), Sweden (Vaktel Forlag), Japan (Disk Union), France (Le Castor Astral), Brazil (Editora Saraiva), Germany (Hannibal Verlag), United Kingdom (Black & White Publishing) and North America (ECW Press) – and it has been translated into six languages (Japanese, Czech, French, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Swedish). Bon was the cover story in the November 2017 issue of Classic Rock.
2012–2014
• Wrote THE YOUNGS: THE BROTHERS WHO BUILT AC/DC, a 90,000-word ‘critical appreciation’ of George, Malcolm and Angus Young. Fink’s third book, it was first published in November 2013 by Penguin Random House Australia. It was published by St Martin’s Press in North America in August 2014 and in its first week went to #1 in eight music-biography categories on Amazon, including rock. It also topped bestseller lists in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy and Germany.
The Youngs was a #1 national bestseller in Denmark in July and August 2015, appearing in biography bestseller lists in Danish newspapers Politiken and Berlingske Tidende. It was selected as the #1 music book of 2014 by AllMusicBooks.com and one of US radio network PRI Public Radio International’s Best Books of 2014.
As of January 2021, rights for The Youngs have been sold to 16 territories (Australia, Spain, Russia, France, Lithuania, Brazil, Argentina, North America, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Czech Republic, Japan and Serbia) and it has been translated into 11 languages (Russian, Japanese, French, Lithuanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, German, Italian, Czech and Serbian).
Between 2006 and 2012 Fink wrote his first two books: 15 DAYS IN JUNE (Hardie Grant Books, 2007) and LAID BARE (Hachette Australia, 2012). 15 Days in June was re-released as an e-book for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by Xoum Publishing/Brio Books under the new title World Party (with a foreword by Socceroos star Tim Cahill), while Laid Bare was re-released as a print book in 2017, also by Xoum Publishing/Brio Books.
INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
PURE NARCO (2020/21)
Australia (Penguin Books)
United Kingdom (John Blake Publishing)
North America (Rowman & Littlefield)
Estonia (Aripaev)
BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY (2017/18)
Australia (Penguin Books)
Australia (Penguin Books, updated edition)
North America (ECW Press)
United Kingdom (Black & White)
United Kingdom (Black & White, updated edition)
Brazil (Editora Saraiva)
Japan (Disk Union)
France (Le Castor Astral)
Germany (Hannibal Verlag)
Sweden (Vaktel Forlag)
Czech Republic (Volvox Globator)
THE YOUNGS: THE BROTHERS WHO BUILT AC/DC (2013/14)
Australia (Random House)
Australia (Random House, updated edition)
North America (St Martin’s Press)
North America (St Martin’s Press, updated edition)
United Kingdom (Black & White)
United Kingdom (Black & White, updated edition)
Germany (Hannibal Verlag)
Denmark (People’s Press)
Italy (Giunti Editore)
France (Camion Blanc)
Brazil (Gutenberg)
Argentina (Planeta)
India (HarperCollins)
Serbia (Dereta)
Czech Republic (Volvox Globator)
Lithuania (Versus Aureus)
Japan (Disk Union)
Russia (AST)
Spain (Cupula)
LAID BARE (2012 and 2017)
Australia (Hachette)
Australia (Xoum Publishing, updated edition)
15 DAYS IN JUNE (2007 and 2014)
Australia (Hardie Grant)
Australia (Xoum Publishing, abridged edition)