Author / Lawyer / Communications Executive
Jakob Kerr is a lawyer and communications executive working in the tech industry. He was one of the first employees at Airbnb and spent over a decade shepherding the company from tiny startup to global phenomenon. He has also been a bartender, sportswriter, and—for one disastrous afternoon—the driver of an ice cream truck. After fifteen years in San Francisco, he recently returned to his native Pacific Northwest, where he now lives with his wife and children. Dead Money is his first novel.
In this interview, I chat with Jakob Kerr about Dead Money , his inspiration for this story, how his work in the tech industry informed this book, how thriller stories follow the money, his writing process, focusing on charac...
