Stuart Goldman is an American
journalist,
author
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and
screenwriter. A former
critic for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' and the ''
Los Angeles Daily News'', he later penned a column for the ''
Los Angeles Reader''.
Career
Goldman's early career initially found him writing for left-wing papers and magazines. He was one of the original staffers for the ''
L.A. Weekly''. However, Goldman ultimately emerged as a conservative journalist whose pieces frequently appeared in ''
National Review'' and other right-wing journals. Over the years, his pieces have appeared in numerous publications, including ''
Los Angeles Magazine'', ''
Rolling Stone'',
''Penthouse'',
''Esquire'',
''Vanity Fair'', and ''
California Lawyer''. In addition, his syndicated column appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S. and Europe.
For over three years, Goldman contributed a weekly column to
WorldNetDaily. According to editor
Joseph Farah, Goldman's column generated more reader responses than any other columnist on the conservative website.
In 1989, Goldman embarked upon a three-year undercover investigation of the tabloid industry, both print and television. Using the
pseudonym Wil Runyon (one of the many identities he has employed over the years), he spent three years as a "mole," with the goal of exposing them as a "criminal organization." He enlisted the help of former
FBI
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agent
Ted Gunderson and threat assessor
Gavin de Becker in writing his story. When he completed his investigation, Goldman wrote an article for
''Spy''. After a heated bidding war, Goldman sold the rights to his story to Phoenix Pictures, who attached
Oliver Stone to direct the
feature film.
Musical career
Goldman was raised in a family of classical musicians. Goldman's father is composer/conductor/arranger
Maurice Goldman, primarily recognized for his contribution to the world of
Yiddish
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music. Goldman's mother, Ethel Goldman, was, at 18, the youngest
flutist to play in the
Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a youth, Goldman studied
piano
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,
cello
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, and
trumpet. While in college, Goldman became enamored with the
pedal steel guitar. Over the next 10 years, Goldman played and recorded with numerous artists, including
Hoyt Axton,
Steve Goodman,
Doc Watson,
Tanya Tucker,
Phil Everly,
Clarence Gatemouth Brown,
Jo-El Sonnier,
Garth Hudson,
Leon Russell, and guitarist
Albert Lee.
Goldman toured the U.S. and Europe with former
Kingston Trio member
John Stewart and
Cajun fiddler player
Doug Kershaw. Prior to quitting the music scene, Goldman played several concerts as a member of the Texas Jewboys, a backup band for country-singer-cum-detective-writer,
Kinky Friedman.
Current work
Goldman's current work combines journalism with his rekindled interest in
Judaism—in particular, the world of
Jewish Music.
The project was born after Goldman discovered that his father's entire musical collection had disappeared after it was loaned to an alleged "charitable" organization. In the course of trying to locate his father's Music, Goldman discovered that the collections of a number of other well-known Jewish musical composers were also missing. Eight years later, what Goldman had thought would be a magazine article had become a book.
Goldman has released a book composed of 40 years of his writing, both fiction and non-fiction. The book's title is "Adventures In Manic Depression". Although he states he's "living with the condition since nine years old", his book is not about the topic of
manic depression.
Works
Non-fiction
*''Confessions Of A Poison Pen Artist'', 1986
*''With Malice For All'', 1986
*''The Art Of Verbal Self-Defense'', 1987
*''Letters To A Letter Junkie'', 1988
*''Secrets Of The Supersnoopers'', 1995
*''Snitch: Confessions Of A Tabloid Spy'', 1998
*"Adventures In Manic Depression: Tales In Fine Madness", 2013
Fiction
*''Adventures In Manic Depression: Tales In Fine Madness'',2013
Children's books
*''Hags: A Tale Of Teenage Witchcraft'', 1995
*" Night Of The Crones", 2012
Short story collections
*''Excitable Boy'', 2002
Screenplays
*''The Bouncer'', 1992
*''The Great Pretender'', 1990
*''Spy Vs. Spies'', 1994
Cartoons
*''The Adventures Of Phobia Man'', 1980–1992
*''The Great Vomit Bus'', 1985
Ghostwriter
*''The Franklin Conspiracy'', 1990
Editor
*''Murder Book: Investigation Of The Murder Of
Anthony Brancato and Anthony Trombino:
Los Angeles Police Department., DR 880-680'', November 29, 1951
*''Runnin' With The Big Dogs', by Jane Getz, 2014
References
External links
IMDb bio'IMDb''
"True Confessions: An Interview With Myself"'' Stuart Goldman Stories''
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American essayists
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American screenwriters
American investigative journalists
American literary critics
American male essayists
American male journalists
American male non-fiction writers
American male screenwriters
Jewish American essayists
Jewish American journalists
Jewish American musicians
Jewish American non-fiction writers
Jewish American screenwriters
Journalists from Ohio
People with bipolar disorder
Screenwriters from Ohio
Undercover journalists
Writers from Shaker Heights, Ohio
WorldNetDaily people