LUCKY LOSER: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
By Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig
Penguin Press; hardcover, 528 pages; $35.00
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig are investigative reporters at the New York Times, and since 2016, their reporting has focused on the personal finances of former President Donald Trump. These articles revealed the fortune that Trump inherited from his father, Fred, and the record of business failures found in twenty years of tax returns they examined. Their articles received a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk Awards. Buettner, who has been with the The Times since 2006, was also a finalist for a Pulitzer in 2012 for articles with Danny Hakim highlighting abuse and neglect in New York's care of developmentally disabled people. Craig joined The Times in 2010, and before this reporting, she covered Wall Street and was the Albany bureau chief.