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Lee Goldberg (1962-) is a novelist and television writer whose TV scripting and producing credits include Diagnosis Murder, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Hunter, Spenser For Hire, She-Wolf of London, SeaQuest, 1-800-Missing, Martial Law and Monk. He most recently wrote and produced the movie/pilot Fast Track: No Limits, which stars Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker, Alexia Barlier, and Joseph Beattie. The movie was shot entirely on location in Berlin and aired in Germany on February 2008. It has since been released theatrically in China and on DVD in Spain and Japan.

Goldberg has written several novels based on shows that he has written and/or produced, specifically Diagnosis Murder and Monk. He has written eight Diagnosis Murder novels. The final novel in the series, The Last Word, was published in May 2007.

He has written the Monk novels Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (which he adapted into the Monk episode Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing), Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii, Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu, Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, Mr. Monk in Outer Space, Mr. Monk Goes to Germany, and Mr. Monk is Miserable. His next Monk novel, "Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop" comes out in July 2009, followed by "Mr. Monk in Trouble" in December.

His other novels include My Gun Has Bullets, Beyond the Beyond, .357 Vigilante (as Ian Ludlow) and The Man with the Iron-On Badge, which was nominated for the 2006 Shamus Award for Best Novel by the Private Eye Writers of America and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. He contributed the short story Jack Webb's Star to the anthology Hollywood and Crime.

Goldberg has also written a number of nonfiction books, including Unsold Television Pilots (the basis for the ABC special The Best TV Shows That Never Were and the CBS special The Greatest Shows You Never Saw) and Successful Television Writing (co-written with William Rabkin).

He is currently on the board of the Mystery Writers of America and founded, with novelist Max Allan Collins, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.

Notable German TV critic Julian Miller of Quotenmeter has called him "the Master of all Genres".

He is the older brother of novelist Tod Goldberg and authors Linda Woods and Karen Dinino, as well as the nephew of true crime writer Burl Barer.

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 Goldberg has written several novels based on shows that he has written and/or produced, specifically ''Diagnosis Murder'' and ''[[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]''. He has written eight ''Diagnosis Murder'' novels. The final novel in the series, ''The Last Word'', was published in May 2007.
-He has written the Monk novels ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse]]'' (which he adapted into the ''Monk'' episode ''Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing''), ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk in Outer Space]]'', and ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to Germany]]''. His next Monk novel, ''[[Mr. Monk is Miserable]]'' was published ot [[December 2]] [[2008]].
+He has written the Monk novels ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse]]'' (which he adapted into the ''Monk'' episode ''Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing''), ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk in Outer Space]]'', ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to Germany]]'', and ''[[Mr. Monk is Miserable]].'' His next Monk novel, "[[Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop]]" comes out in July 2009, followed by "[[Mr. Monk in Trouble]]" in December.
 His other novels include ''My Gun Has Bullets'', ''Beyond the Beyond'', ''.357 Vigilante'' (as Ian Ludlow) and ''The Man with the Iron-On Badge'', which was nominated for the 2006 [[Shamus Award]] for Best Novel by the Private Eye Writers of America and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. He contributed the short story ''Jack Webb's Star'' to the anthology ''Hollywood and Crime''.