Brash Books is an American crime fiction imprint founded in 2014 by authors

Lee Goldberg Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter, publisher and producer known for his bestselling novels ''Lost Hills'' and ''True Fiction'' and his work on a wide variety of TV crime series, including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''A Nero Wolfe M ...

and

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. and the University of Kansas as well as Moot Court. He suffer ...

. The main focus of Brash Books is to republish award-winning and critically acclaimed novels, primarily from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, which had fallen out of print. The imprint also publishes new crime fiction and suspense novels. The imprint launched in September 2014 with 29 reprints, including the

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-winning ''Sleeping Dog'' by Dick Lochte, Edgar Award finalist ''Lover Man'' by Dallas Murphy, and the new novel ''Treasure Coast'' by Tom Kakonis. The company has since published other books, such as Mark Smith's ''Death of the Detective,'' a

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finalist, Barbara Neely's ''Blanche on the Lam,'' (recipient of the Agatha and

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Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his '' Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the ''Di ...

' novel ''

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'' in a new, expanded edition (incorporating material from his original graphic novel, elements from his novelization of the feature screenplay, and new material), and Carolyn Weston's ''Poor, Poor Ophelia,'' which inspired the television series ''

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''. Brash has published 100 novels as of mid-2019. Brash's titles are available as paperbacks through the

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and

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. Goldberg and Goldman, longtime friends, hatched the idea for Brash Books after a discussion at the 2013 Bouchercon convention in

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. When Goldberg mentioned to Goldman that he wanted to find a way to republish some of his favorite out-of-print titles, Goldman, a former lawyer, offered to help him create the business. The company's name was inspired by their slogan, "We publish the best crime novels in existence", which Goldberg describes as "a brash claim, but we believe our novels back it up." Goldberg serves as the publisher's book scout and handles most of its social media, while Goldman deals with financial and legal matters. Other authors published by Brash include top ten ''New York Times'' bestselling authors Robin Burcell, Max Allan Collins and

Phoef Sutton Robert Christopher "Phoef" Sutton (born September 11, 1958) is an American writer and producer. His film credits include '' Mrs. Winterbourne'' and '' The Fan'', both released in 1996. Phoef — the first name that he uses both personally and prof ...

, and Edgar Award nominees Noreen Ayers,

Bill Crider Bill Crider (July 28, 1941 – February 12, 2018) was an American author of crime fiction among other work. Biography He received a Master of Arts degree at the University of North Texas, in Denton. Later, he taught English at Howard Payne Unive ...

, and Jack Lynch. In 2017, they launched the subsidiary ''Brash Audio'' and produced a dozen audiobooks in their first year. They also published Leo W. Banks' original novel ''Double Wide'', which won two 2018 Spur Awards, for Best First Novel and Best Contemporary Western, from the

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. ''Double Wide'' was also named True West's Magazine's Best Contemporary Western of the Year. In 2019, they republished the twelve ''Hardman'' crime novels by Ralph Dennis, as well as four of his long-lost, unpublished works. The ''Hardman'' books included introductions by author Joe R. Lansdale, among others. A newly discovered thirteenth ''Hardman'' novel, ''All Kinds of Ugly'', was released in February 2020 with revisions by Goldberg. That same month, they also released a lost, previously unpublished book by Hammer Horror writer/director/producer

Jimmy Sangster James Henry Kinmel Sangster (2 December 1927 – 19 August 2011) was a British screenwriter and director, most famous for his work on the initial horror films made by the British company Hammer Films, including '' The Curse of Frankenstein'' (19 ...

. The book is titled ''Fireball'' and is the fourth book in his ''James Reed'' series (''Snowball,'' ''Blackball'' and ''Hardball''), that was published in the late 1980s.

Authors

* Tom Ardies * Noreen Ayres * Leo Banks * Keith Bruton * Craig Faustus Buck * Jack Bunker * Robin Burcell *

* Michael Craft *

* Ralph Dennis * Gerald Duff * Robert Dunn * Bob Forward * Michael Genelin * Gar Anthony Haywood * Tom Kakonis * Tony Knighton * Stan Lee * Dick Lochte * Jack Lynch * Geoffrey Miller * Margaret Moseley * Dallas Murphy * A.W. Mykel * Barbara Neely * Maxine O'Callaghan * William Reynolds * W.L. Ripley * Jim Sanderson * John Sanford *

* Mark Smith * Michael Stone * Andy Straka *

* Ted Thackrey Jr. * Phillip Thompson * Jack Trolley * Jane Waterhouse * Carolyn Weston * Parnell Hall

References

External links

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Lee Goldberg: A Brash Idea Becomes a Publishing Company
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