David Dayen

[3][4] Dayen had to change schools several times as a child, which sparked an early interest in comedy and joke-writing, as playing the clown made it easier for him to make new friends.

[3] Dayen worked as a television producer and editor for fifteen years, first in Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco, then moving to Los Angeles in 2002.

[8] In 2016, Dayen published Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud.

The book details how Lisa Epstein, an oncology nurse, Michael Redman, a sales manager at a car dealership, and Lynn Szymoniak, an insurance lawyer, teamed up to reveal illegal foreclosure practices at big banks.

[9] Frank Partnoy, reviewing the book in The New York Times, said, "Dayen skillfully narrates a slow reveal and sprinkles in some lively metaphors.