Joel Goldman

Joel K. Goldman (born October 23, 1952) is an American author and former trial attorney. He attended Shawnee Mission East High School, where he participated in the school's debate team. He attended the University of Kansas, participating in the debate team as well as Moot Court. He suffers from a tic disorder, which he incorporated into one of his works, the Jack Davis series. In September 2014, Goldman launched the publishing company Brash Books with novelist Lee Goldberg. The company publishes award-winning, highly acclaimed crime novels that have fallen out of print by authors like Bill Crider, Mark Smith, Carolyn Weston, Tom Kakonis, Maxine O'Callaghan, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jack Lynch, among others.