Stephen Blumberg

Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa. After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2022), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.

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