Tod Goldberg
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays. todgoldberg.com
Trying to decide what to post on NextDoor tonight. Should I go with: 1. Anyone notice there’s a lot more kids wandering around? I’m calling the HOA! 2. Why is it bad for ICE to wear masks but these kids do it, it’s just fine? 3. I’ve lost my bowl of loose pins again!
The thing that’s so weird about this whole Cheesecake Factory situation is that Trump’s a sexual predator.
I wrote a little desert noir for you. It’s called Second Responder and it’s available right now.
Now available for preorder in both paperback and ebook!
Surprise! Something cool is happening on October 20th…
Less than a month until SURVIVING THE LIE hits bookshelves, and here's some proof other authors think it's good! @todgoldberg.bsky.social -- the hilarious mind behind the Gangsterland series and my new favorite heist novel, ONLY WAY OUT -- has some kind words for Russell Avery's final adventure.
Here's the latest casting news on THE ROMAN, the show my brother @todgoldberg.bsky.social is on as a writer/producer. deadline.com/2026/07/the-...
'The Roman' TV Series Cast Adds Five
Netflix's Vegas drama 'The Roman' 'has added Vincent D'Onofrio, Kate Mara, Clancy Brown, Thomas Sadoski and Jason Schwartzman to its cast.
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To be fair, maybe Trump thought they were both doctors?
Next weekend, you can catch me at the LA Times Festival of Books either winning or losing the LA Times Book Prize and doing some fun events.
If I ever disappear in Arizona, please ask the FBI to not leave their used gloves in various ditches and culverts near the crime scene.
BREAKING: Kash Patel just had George Glass's home raided. Suspect arrested. News conference at the top of the hour.
Bondi was given her orders as to what her priority is.
This new Spotify feature where it talks shit to you? Not a fan.
How many people who watched the Melania movie sat in cuck chairs?
If you would like to take an hour off from this existential hellstorm, this conversation I had on Making It Up was/is entertaining. open.spotify.com/episode/3BKo...
Making It Up with Tod Goldberg, author of Only Way Out
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Today, I was given Savannah Turnbull's Puschart Prize for her poem "Palimpsest" which appeared in the fall 1998 issue of the Crab Boat Quarterly in honor of stopping eight poems from being written.
Huge thanks to the @wsj.com for this amazing review of Only Way Out! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Mysteries: ‘Huguette’ by Cara Black
Plus “Only Way Out” by Tod Goldberg and “The Secret Sharers” by Qiu Xiaolong.
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Tomorrow at 4pm PST/ 7pm EST I'll be joined with my friend, the talented and prodigiously amusing @TodGoldberg.bsky.social, for the Southern California News Group's Bookish podcast featuring my upcoming Orphan X book, ANTIHERO. Register here: buff.ly/WfFmzem
The nice folks at the LAPL grilled me for hours! www.lapl.org/collections-...
Interview With an Author: Tod Goldberg
Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Gangsterland quartet: Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The Low Desert, a Southwes...
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I'm coming over to your house on Friday and I'm bringing @gregghurwitzbooks.bsky.social with me. Take out the good dishes.
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying." Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Listen in on me and Maria Konnikova talking all things Las Vegas, criminal, and...dyslexic? I promise, it all makes sense. mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A conversation with Tod Goldberg
Writing, Vegas, crime: Tod and I talk through it all
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It was just five years ago today when it was revealed to most that those dudes you went to high school with who kept posting lunatic conspiracy theories 24/7 were, in fact, that fucking stupid.
When I'm not really paying attention in this Zoom meeting, please know it's not you, it's that I had to quietly weep in bed last night watching Train Dreams.
You're sitting at home, thinking about your favorite historical outlaw, Jesse James. There's a knock on the door and your dad tells you there's someone here to see you. The man at the door is 85 years old. And he wants you to know: Jesse James killed his father: youtu.be/aw55xIGi7-k?...
Jesse James Brady
YouTube video by OrliviaTheCat
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