Lee Goldberg

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Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter and producer, known for his work on several different TV crime series, including Diagnosis: Murder, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Hunter, Spenser: For Hire, Martial Law, She-Wolf of London, SeaQuest, 1-800-Missing, The Glades and Monk. In 2007 he wrote and produced the pilot for a German television program, Fast Track: No Limits. In 2010, he wrote and directed the short film Remaindered, based on a short story he wrote for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, on location in Kentucky.

Along with his work on Monk and Diagnosis Murder, Goldberg has written several original tie-in novels based on those series. He has also penned several original crime novels, two featuring ex-cop-turned-Hollywood troubleshooter Charlie Willis and three in the .357 Vigilante series, which he wrote under the pseudonym Ian Ludlow, while still a student. His novel, The Man with the Iron-On Badge (aka Watch Me Die, the title of the recent re-release), was nominated for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America and was produced in 2007 as the stage play, Mapes For Hire, in Owensboro, Kentucky at the International Mystery Writers Festival.

Goldberg has also written several non-fiction books about the entertainment industry, including Unsold Television Pilots and Successful Television Writing. His screenplay adaptation of Victor Gischler's novel Gun Monkeys is in pre-production for filming in early 2012 with Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) signed to direct. His book, Unsold Television Pilots, was turned into two TV specials -- The Greatest Shows You Never Saw on CBS and The Best TV Shows That Never Were on ABC, both written and produced by William Rabkin and Goldberg. He recently signed a 12-book deal with Amazon for The Dead Man, an original, monthly series of horror novels that rolled-out in October 2011. The books were the premiere titles of Amazon's new 47North sf/horror/fantasy imprint

He has served as a board member for the Mystery Writers of America and also founded, alongside fellow novelist Max Allan Collins, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.

Personal life

Goldberg has three younger siblings - Tod Goldberg, Linda Woods and Karen Dinino - all of whom are also writers; his uncle is the true crime author Burl Barer.

He lives with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles.

Bibliography

Diagnosis Murder

• The Silent Partner (2003)
• The Death Merchant (2004)
• The Shooting Script (2004)
• The Waking Nightmare (2005)
• The Past Tense (2005)
• The Dead Letter (2006)
• The Double Life (2006)
• The Last Word (2007)

Monk

• Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (2006)
• Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii (2006)
• Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu (2007)
• Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants (2007)
• Mr. Monk in Outer Space (2007)
• Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (2008)
• Mr. Monk is Miserable (2008)
• Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop (2009)
• Mr. Monk in Trouble (2009) Excerpt: The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2009
• Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out (2010)
• Mr. Monk on the Road (2011) Excerpt: Mr. Monk and the Seventeen Steps, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2010
• Mr. Monk on the Couch (2011)Excerpt: Mr. Monk and the Sunday Paper, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2011
• Mr. Monk on Patrol (2012) Excerpt: Mr. Monk and the Open House Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine December 2011
• Mr. Monk is a Mess (July 2012)

Charlie Willis

• My Gun Has Bullets (1995) Reprinted (2003) Kindle Edition (2009)
• Beyond the Beyond (1997) Kindle edition (2009) (retitled Dead Space)

The Dead Man Series

• Face of Evil (with William Rabkin) (2011)
• Ring of Knives (with William Rabkin and James Daniels) (2011)
• Hell in Heaven (with William Rabkin) (2011)
• The Dead Woman (with William Rabkin and David McAfee) (2011)
• The Blood Mesa (with William Rabkin and James Reasoner) (2011)
• Kill Them All (with William Rabkin and Harry Shannon) (2011)
• Beast Within (with William Rabkin and James Daniels) (2011)
• Fire & Ice (with William Rabkin and Jude Hardin) (2012)

Non-fiction

• Unsold TV Pilots (1992)
• Unsold Television Pilots 1955-1989 (1990)
• Television Series Revivals (1993) retitled "Television Fast Forward" in the 2010 ebook edition
• Science Fiction Film-Making in the 1980s (1994) - co-written with William Rabkin, Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier
• Dreamweavers: Fantasy Film-Making in the 1980s (1994) - co-written with William Rabkin, Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier
• Successful Television Writing (2003) - co-written with William Rabkin
• Tied In- The Business, Craft, and History of Media Tie-In Writing (2010) - editor

Miscellaneous

• .357 Vigilante (1985) Kindle Edition 2010 (retitled Judgment)
• .357 Vigilante: Make Them Pay (1985) Kindle Edition 2010 (retitled Adjourned)
• .357 Vigilante: White Wash (1985) Kindle Edition 2010 (retitled Payback)
• .357 Vigilante: Killstorm Unpublished, released in a Kindle Edition 2010 (retitled Guilty)
• The Walk (2004) Kindle Edition 2009
• The Man with the Iron-On Badge (2005) Kindle Edition 2011 (retitled Watch Me Die)
• Top Suspense: 13 Stories by 12 Masters of the Genre (2011) Contributor
• Thrillers: 100 Must Reads (2010) contributor
• Die, Lover, Die! (2011) contributor
• King City (May 2012) Amazon/Thomas & Mercer

External links

• Lee Goldberg's Official Website
• Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder Website
• Interview with Lee Goldberg at earthprime.com
• Interview with Lee Goldberg at Storylink
• Quotenmeter review of FAST TRACK NO LIMITS
• Lee Goldberg's complete credits at IMDB
• Interview with Lee Goldberg for Serien Junkies
• Lee Goldberg Interview Honolulu Star Bulletin
• Lee Goldberg interview St. Petersburg Times
• Entertainment Weekly on the Monk Books
• Lee Goldberg on "Frak" in the Atlanta Constitution