Vet­er­an jour­nal­ist Daniel Pais­ner has pub­lished over 70 books, includ­ing 17 NYT best-sell­ers. He is co-author of the acclaimed Holo­caust mem­oir The Girl in the Green Sweater — a sto­ry that became the basis for the Oscar-nom­i­nat­ed film In Dark­ness, from direc­tor Agniesz­ka Hol­land. He is the host of the pod­cast, As Told To: The Ghost­writ­ing Pod­cast, fea­tur­ing long-form con­ver­sa­tions with fel­low col­lab­o­ra­tors on the art and craft of ghost­writ­ing. Bal­loon Dog is his fourth novel.