Josh Rubin

Whiz Kid by Josh Rubin 

Whiz Kid is a darkly comic novel about a disgraced financial prodigy who disappears from public life—only to quietly rebuild the algorithm that nearly collapsed the global economy. Blending AI, ambition, and a search for spiritual stillness, the book explores what happens when a man trying to live a quiet, honest life becomes a threat to the entire system he left behind.

Recipient of the 2025 James Patterson Write a Book Grant, awarded to twelve emerging novelists nationwide.

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Beta Test by Josh Rubin

Beta Test is a sharp, cinematic tech-thriller about an AI consultant called in to investigate a triple homicide at the world’s first fully automated hotel. No staff. No guests left alive. Surveillance footage that doesn’t add up. As he battles corporate cover-ups, weaponized AI, and the ghosts of his past, he’s also caring for his two young daughters, unwilling to leave them behind, even in the middle of a murder investigation. Smart, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, Beta Test is a mystery for the age of machines—and a portrait of modern fatherhood under pressure.

The Brand Survival Guide by Josh Rubin

The future doesn’t care how many followers you had in 2025. Josh Rubin—Creative Director for some of the world’s most iconic brands—works in the trenches of content, social, digital, and AI. Now he’s serving up fifty sharp, funny, and slightly uncomfortable truths about what it really takes for brands to stay relevant. Through interviews with top CMOs and Mar-tech innovators, the Brand Survival Guide isn’t about chasing trends. It’s about outliving them.