19-Year-Old Lands Finance Book Deal

By Dianna Dilworth 

Plume & Hudson Street Press, an imprint of Penguin U.S., has inked a book deal with a 19-year-old entrepreneur.

The publisher has signed on NYU student Scott Gamm for his book More Money, Please, a personal finance guide for high school and college students. The book addresses credit cards, budgeting, managing debt, saving for college and career planning.

The NYU student is the founder of www.helpsavemydollars.com, a website dedicated to educating students on financial awareness. According to the site: “Gamm’s mission is to promote financial literacy among young people and he feels that personal finance should be a mandatory class that students take in high school.”