--- title: Russell Shorto | TIME description: Shorto is the best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World, Amsterdam, and Revolution Song, and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. His new book is SMALLTIME: A Story of My Family and the Mob, published by W.W. Norton & Co. canonical: https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Russell Shorto ## Russell Shorto [Shorto ](https://www.russellshorto.com/)is the best-selling author of _The Island at the Center of the World_, _Amsterdam_, and _Revolution Song_, and a contributing writer at the _New York Times Magazine_. His new book is [_SMALLTIME: A Story of My Family and the Mob_](https://bookshop.org/books/smalltime-a-story-of-my-family-and-the-mob/9780393245585?aid=13908&listref=the-future-s-so-bright), published by W.W. Norton & Co. ## Russell Shorto *  Mar 17, 2021 ### [What My Mobster Grandfather Understood About Capitalism](https://time.com/5947270/russell-shorto-grandfather-mafia-capitalism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 23, 2014 ### [Malaysia Flight 17: The Unique Way the Dutch Mourn](https://time.com/3025307/malaysia-flight-17-netherlands-dutch-mourning/) With their innate distrust of ideology, the Dutch are strikingly different from Americans in their g... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/","name":"Russell Shorto"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/"},"name":"Russell Shorto","jobTitle":null,"description":"Shorto is the best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World, Amsterdam, and Revolution Song, and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. His new book is SMALLTIME: A Story of My Family and the Mob, published by W.W. Norton & Co.","url":"https://time.com/author/russell-shorto/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```