True Fiction--Lee Goldberg Tongue-In-Cheek Thriller

Readers can have fun figuring out what is truth and what is fiction in this crazy romp by TV writer author Lee Goldberg.  Goldberg used his former pen name, Ian Ludlow as a writer trying to escape what he believes is a government plot to destroy him and his unwitting accomplice.
Much of the action takes place in Seattle, but moves down the West Coast as Ian and Margo French try to escape their hunters. 
There are inside jokes such as Ian and Margo (a Seattleite originally from Walla Walla) hiding out in a house in the Laurelhurst remarkably similar to one owned by the author's uncle. 
The book seems to have a moral that today's social media and electronics can make life easier and connect us, but can also surrender our security and privacy.
There is plenty of the Goldberg observational humor employed in books by both Lee and his brother, Tod.  Both authors can see things that places and situations that most people can not.
According to Lee, the book hit the top of the  Washington Post Best Seller list.  I would highly recommend it. Click here to order.

Walla Walla Paper Does Feature On Goldberg

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin recently did a feature on TV writer-novelist Lee Goldberg.  Goldberg, a cousin of mine, has a new novel  called True Fiction.
 Lee's connection to Walla Walla is his mom, the late Jan Curran, my Uncle Dave's daughter, who graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1955.  UB writing Annie Charnley Eveland, who wrote the article on Goldberg, formed a long distance friendship with Curran, herself a newspaper feature writer. 

Killer Thriller by Lee Goldberg | Official Book Trailer

Lee Goldberg's follow up to "True Fiction" has just released and I can't wait to read it.  The book in it's many forms, is available here.

From Lee Goldberg--Character Development For Bad Guys

Lee Goldberg, who went from a childhood summer playmate of mine (cousin too) to a wonderful career in writing TV and novels, give his perspective on writing the "bad guy" in his blog. I'm currently listening to his latest effort "True Fiction" on CD and will give you the full report, excluding "spoilers" upon completion.  Click here  In the picture above, Lee is on the left with a couple of colleagues.

Killer Thriller--Review

Killer Thriller is Lee Goldberg's follow up to True Fiction.  It contains a huge surprise in the  middle of the story.  It takes Ian Ludlow and Margo French across Asia and France in another rollicking adventure.
After turning down an offer to join the CIA, Ian Ludlow returns to his normal life of writing for TV shows and novels.  One of his novels of action hero, Clint Striker, is being turned into a movie.  Ludlow is invited to travel to Hong Kong to observe the project.
While preparing for his trip, he encounters a desolate Margo French, who because of their thrashing of a house and stealing (actually borrowing) a car in their last adventure, has lost her dog walking business.  Feeling guilty, Ludlow offers to bring Margo on his trip to be a research assistant.
Meanwhile, there is upheaval in Hong Kong, as a series of businessmen have disappeared, one of them is the father of an actor in the Striker movie.  The Chinese government, seems to think that Ludlow is a US operative doing espionage and want to find out what his real motives are in traveling to Hong Kong.
Killer Thriller is available on Amazon. 

Truth Meets Fiction As Gangsterland Author Meets Rabbi With Criminal Past On True Crime Uncensored

True Crime Uncensored Host Burl Barer interviews his nephew (my cousin) Tod Goldberg (pictured below) and LA Rabbi Mark Borovitz (pictured above).  

Goldberg has written a series of books about a gangster who goes in hiding as a rabbi.  Borovitz, actually was a mobster who became a real rabbi.  

This is a very compelling podcast.  

You can listen to the podcast by clicking the arrow above.