Books
Books
A memoir about the 2017 crypto boom and what came after, and a novel about the making of a writer.
Memoir · Alexandria Books, 2025
God Money: Lost and Found in the Crypto Wilderness
At twenty-one, I dropped out of Stanford to launch a cryptocurrency hedge fund. The night I announced it, I was locked in a psychiatric ward for drug-induced psychosis. A memoir of ambition, addiction, and the long way back by way of a Zen monastery.
God Money offers a hauntingly honest and personal reflection on the rise of cryptocurrency, the dangers that accompany the pursuit of wealth, and the enduring quest for life’s deeper meanings.
50% laugh-out-loud “can’t believe it’s true” dark comedy and 50% hard-won wisdom from THE insider of Silicon Valley crypto culture.
- Hedge Fund Mania
May 25th, 2017. A Stanford junior, an email to every dorm on campus, and the investment opportunity of a lifetime.
- Dreams of My Childhood
2002. Homeschooling, a camper bound for Alaska, and an eight-year-old who wants to be a billionaire.
- An Ode to Karol Osusky
My Slovakian kayak coach, a Soviet dissident who swam the Danube under gunfire and passed his American dream to me.
Novel · in progress
Somewhere Outside Me
Growing up under his father’s rage in Silicon Valley, George Pavlovski takes refuge in writing. Then a dying mentor challenges him to consider whether his dream of becoming an artist is just another way of hiding from the world.
- One
Kindergarten in Sunnyvale, and the first time George writes his name.