description: Helene Stapinski began her career at her hometown newspaper, The Jersey Journal, and since then has written for "The New York Times," "New York" magazine, and "People," among other publications. She received her B.A. in journalism from New York University in 1987 and her M.F.A. from Columbia in 1995. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.
language: English
title: Five-Finger Discount
titlecomplete: Five-Finger Discount
genres: Family, Book Club, Biography, True Crime, History, Autobiography, Crime, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 758
publisher: Random House