Joel K. Goldman (born October 23, 1952) is an American author and former trial attorney. He attended

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, where he participated in the school's

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. He attended the

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, participating in the debate team as well as Moot Court. He suffers from a

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, which he incorporated into one of his works, the ''Jack Davis'' series. In September 2014, Goldman launched the publishing company Brash Books with novelist

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. The company publishes award-winning, highly acclaimed crime novels that have fallen out of print by authors like

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, Mark Smith, Carolyn Weston, Tom Kakonis, Maxine O'Callaghan, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jack Lynch, among others.

Awards

* ''Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence'' (2005)

Bibliography

Novels

Ireland and Carter Thrillers # ''All In'' - with Lisa Klink (2017) # ''All Gone'' - with Lisa Klink (2018)

Lou Mason Thrillers

#''Motion to Kill'' (2002) #''The Last Witness'' (2003) #''Cold Truth'' (2004) #''Deadlocked'' (2005) #''Final Judgment'' (2012)

Jack Davis Thrillers

#''Shake Down'' (2008) #''The Dead Man'' (2009) #''No Way Out'' (2010)

Alex Stone Thrillers

#''Stone Cold'' (2012) #''Chasing the Dead'' (2013)

Short stories

*Fire in the Sky (2011) *Knife Fight (2009)

Other books

*''Three to Get Deadly'' (3 novels by Joel Goldman, Lee Goldberg, Paul Levine) *''The Dead Man, vol 4'' (Freaks Must Die) – with Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin (2012) (print) *''The Dead Man, vol 10'' (Freaks Must Die) – with Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin (2012) (ebooks)

Anthologies

*''Top Suspense – 12 Master Storytellers'' *''The Prosecution Rests'' *''Die Lover Die'' (2011) *''Favorite Kills''

Non-fiction

*''Writing Crime Fiction – Advice from authors of Top Suspense group'' (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, Joel 1952 births Living people People from Johnson County, Kansas University of Kansas School of Law alumni Writers from Kansas Novelists from Kansas American publishers (people) American crime fiction writers