Scott Patterson worked for several years as a financial reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York. His previous book The Quants (Random House Business, 2009) was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

"An invaluable piece of timely journalism that should be read by regulators and anyone with a cent in the stock market." Financial Times "[A] gripping, excellent expose" PQ Magazine "A great read ... and raises an important question: could the trading machines destroy the capital markets?" Reuters UK "As an exposition of Wall Street nerdcraft, Dark Pools truly delivers ... Patterson's tales of ingenuity and cunning read like a spy novel" Sunday Business Post "Financial journalist Scott Patterson looks at the real world of AI trading machines and crafts a story equally as riveting" British Airways Life Magazine

Scott Patterson worked for several years as a financial reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York. His previous book The Quants (Random House Business, 2009) was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

"An invaluable piece of timely journalism that should be read by regulators and anyone with a cent in the stock market." Financial Times "[A] gripping, excellent expose" PQ Magazine "A great read ... and raises an important question: could the trading machines destroy the capital markets?" Reuters UK "As an exposition of Wall Street nerdcraft, Dark Pools truly delivers ... Patterson's tales of ingenuity and cunning read like a spy novel" Sunday Business Post "Financial journalist Scott Patterson looks at the real world of AI trading machines and crafts a story equally as riveting" British Airways Life Magazine