Tod Goldberg
Tod Goldberg was born in Berkeley, Missouri, United States on January 10th, 1971 and is the Novelist And Teacher. At the age of 53, Tod Goldberg biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Goldberg's second novel, Living Dead Girl, was a finalist for the 2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery and was featured as one of January Magazine's top novels of 2002. His third book, Simplify, culled stories from the past decade of his career into one volume, the first published by OV Books, the book publishing arm of the literary journal Other Voices. It received notable reviews in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and Chicago Sun-Times and was named a 2006 finalist for the Southern California Booksellers Association Award in Fiction. His next book of short stories, Other Resort Cities, was released in October 2009 by OV Books to wide acclaim, including a positive review from the Los Angeles Times.
He is also the author of original novels based on the USA Network TV series Burn Notice. The novels include The Fix, The End Game, The Giveaway, The Reformed, and The Bad Beat. In 2013, his essay "When They Let Them Bleed" was selected for Best American Essays, edited by Cheryl Strayed. Counterpoint published Gangsterland in September 2014 to rave reviews, earning starred notices in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. The novel was named a finalist for the Hammett Prize, recognizing the excellence in the field of crime writing.
In 2012, Goldberg, Rider Strong, and Julia Pistell started Literary Disco, a podcast about books and writing. It is now part of the LitHub Radio Network and was recently named one of the top literary podcasts by the Washington Post. He is also the co-host of Open Book, along with Maggie Downs, a popular radio interview show in the Coachella Valley on KCOD-FM. In 2021, Goldberg & Downs were named finalist for the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System's Award for Best Community Volunteer Program/Personality.
In 2016, he collaborated with Brad Meltzer on the novel The House of Secrets, also an instant New York Times bestseller. That same year, he was awarded the Silver Pen Award by the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, which is awarded to a mid-career writer with profound ties to the state of Nevada.
His next novel, Gangster Nation, released in 2017, continued the story of Sal Cupertine/Rabbi David Cohen, picking up two years after Gangsterland's conclusion. The book received glowing reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Mystery Scene Magazine, the Orange County Register, and numerous other outlets. Both novels were optioned by Caryn Mandabach Productions and later by Amazon Studios.
The Low Desert: Gangster Stories, a "Gangster Universe" anthology, introduces new characters and revisits those from Gangsterland and Gangster Nation. It received a starred and boxed review in Publishers Weekly, a starred review in Kirkus, a rave review in the Los Angeles Times, was named a top 10 book of Spring by Publishers Weekly, a top 20 book of winter by USA Today, and a most anticipated book of the year by CrimeReads.
In addition to his fiction, Goldberg has served as a book and cultural critic for several weekly newspapers in Las Vegas, including the Mercury, CityLife, and The Weekly, earning five Nevada Press Association Awards. He has also written for USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among many others.