Former Goldman Executive Is Said to Complete Book Deal Mr. Smith was represented by Paul Fedorko, a publishing veteran who works for the talent agency N.S. Bienstock. Mr. Fedorko was not immediately available for comment. Jennifer Romanello, a spokeswoman for Grand Central, declined to comment. Last week, Mr. Smith met with several major publishers in New York, describing what he called an inside look at Goldman and the story of what he saw as the changing culture at the firm. He burst onto the public scene in a widely read Op-Ed in The New York Times on March 14,in which he described "derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients. It's purely about how we can make the most possible money off of them. The deal was first reported in Friday's New York Post, which said that Grand Central paid a $1.5 million advance for the book.