#1 New York Times Bestselling Author & TV Producer
Got a great birthday present today… my first copy of THE CHASE arrived in the mail. But the big birthday surprise was the fine print on the cover. I crapped myself when I saw that. I’ve dreamed my whole life of seeing that fine print by my name on the cover of a book. The … Read more
I’ve been collaborating for most of my professional life as a screenwriter and as a novelist. For twenty years, I wrote & produced TV shows with William Rabkin and plotted countless episodes with large writing staffs. I’ve also collaborated on over thirty books, most recently on the internationally bestselling Fox & O’Hare series with Janet … Read more
A guest post from Kate Goldstone. Here’s another guest post from my friend Kate, a big fan in the UK of crime shows, crime novels and everything noir, talking about her six favorite crime TV series that are now available in boxed set DVDs. I’d be interested to know your recommendations, so leave a comment… … Read more
There have been lots of questions and concerns among professional “tie-in” writers — the authors who write books based on TV shows, movies, games, etc — about Amazon’s new Kindle Worlds program. So the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, which I co-founded with Max Allan Collins, approached Amazon’s Philip Patrick, Director, Business Development and Publisher of … Read more
I get asked all the time what the correct order of my eight DIAGNOSIS MURDER books is… so here you go, in chronological order: The Silent Partner – Dr. Mark Sloan is assigned to LAPD’s “unsolved homicide” files. As he reopens one case on the murder of a woman whose killer currently sits on Death Row, … Read more
Joel Goldman and Ed Gorman are two of my favorite authors…and two of my favorite people. They’ve both inspired, entertained, and educated me so much over the years. And now, coincidentally, they’ve both given lengthy interviews this week about their careers, their approaches to their craft, and how they have coped with life-changing illnesses while … Read more
Janet Evanovich and I visited the morning show on WISH-TV in Indianapolis to talk about THE HEIST. Here’s the clip: #1 New York Times best selling author JANET EVANOVICH & TV writer LEE GOLDBERG
It wasn’t easy for me to walk away from writing the Monk books. After 15 novels over seven years, I’d become very attached to the characters. Monk, Natalie and the rest of the gang were always on my mind because I was always writing the books. But I decided it was time for a change … Read more
It’s easier to win admission to the Harvard Medical School than a seat in Professor Walter’s legendary screenwriting seminars at UCLA Richard Walter was my screenwriting professor at UCLA…and, in large part thanks to what I learned from him, I’ve had a long and successful career as a TV writer/producer and screenwriter. His former students … Read more
Now, for the first time anywhere, both of Lee Goldberg’s widely acclaimed “Charlie Willis” crime novels — My Gun Has Bullets and Dead Space — are combined together, complete and uncut, in one incredibly low-priced ebook. MY GUN HAS BULLETS When Beverly Hills Police Officer Charlie Willis pulls over a speeding Rolls Royce hell-bent for … Read more