Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of SLOW DOWN and THE
MENTOR (St. Martin’s Press), which was acquired by
Macmillan Entertainment with the film in development. He has been published in
multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar. The first two
books in a thriller series, THE
DESIRE CARD and PREY NO MORE, are forthcoming from Fahrenheit Press in
winter 2019. His pilots and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline,
Stage 32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screencraft, and the
Hollywood Screenplay contests. After graduating with an MFA from the New
School, his writing has also
appeared in the anthology DIRTY BOULEVARD, The Millions, The Montreal Review,
The Adirondack Review, Essays & Fictions, The New Plains Review, and
others. He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series
(guerrillalit.wordpress.com). He lives in New York City.
Follow him at leematthewgoldberg.com and @LeeMatthewG.
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Any wish fulfilled for the
right price. That's the promise the Desire Card gives to its
elite clients. But if the Card doesn’t feel like they’ve been justly
compensated, the “price” will be more menacing than the clients could ever
imagine.
Harrison Stockton learns this
lesson all too well. Harrison has lived an adult life of privilege and excess: a
high-powered job on Wall Street along with a fondness for alcohol and pills, and
a family he adores, yet has no time for. All of this comes crashing
to a halt when he loses his executive job and discovers he has liver cirrhosis
with mere months left to live.
After finding himself far down
on the donor list, Harrison takes matters into his own hands. This decision
sparks a gritty and gripping quest that takes him to the slums of Mumbai in
search of a black market organ and forces him under the Desire Card’s thumb.
When his moral descent threatens his wife and children, Harrison
must decide whether to save himself at any cost, or do what’s right and put a
stop to the Card.
THE
DESIRE CARD is a taut international thriller
that explores what a man will do to survive when money isn’t always enough to
get everything he desires. It’s the first book in a series followed by PREY NO MORE
that focuses on other people indebted to this sinister organization, where the
actual price is the cost of one’s soul.
PRAISE:
"Careful what you wish for,
especially from a nefarious shadow organization, in this gripping start to Lee
Matthew Goldberg's fast-paced, highly compelling, buzz worthy new series. If
you love characters morally compromised, richly drawn, and constantly
surprising, you'll love THE
DESIRE CARD. I burned through the first book and can't wait to get my hands
on PREY NO MORE to see where this endlessly exciting story takes me next! Loved
it!” - Daniel Palmer, critically acclaimed suspense author
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We welcome you to My Bookish
Pleasures! Can you tell us how you got started writing fiction?
I’ve always been a writer. When
I was a little kid, I would write about my dog getting into trouble. As adult
after I finished my MFA, my first novel Slow Down was published in 2015.
Describe your writing process.
Do you plot or write by the seat of your pants? When and where do you write?
I usually write an outline
first. It helps plot out an entire book. When the weather is nice, I write in Central
Park under my favorite tree.
Can you tell us about your most
recent release?
The Desire Card is about an
evil corporation that promises “any wish fulfilled for the right price,” but
the price is always more menacing than the client can imagine.
How did you get the idea for
the book?
I wrote it around the time of
Occupy Wall Street when I thought about in the inequality and unfairness
between one percenters and everyone else.
Of all your characters, which
one is your favorite? Why?
Probably Naelle, she’s probably
the character in the book with the best moral compass, even though she is a
lady of the night.
What was the most challenging
aspect of writing your book?
About a quarter of the book
takes place in Mumbai, there was a lot of research that went into that and
writings about the slums there.
What projects are you currently
working on?
This is the first book in a
series, so I’ve finished three of the sequels. The next one out is called Prey
No More. I have a ton of other projects too, just finished a standalone about a
female stalker.
What advice would you offer to
new or aspiring fiction authors?
It’s a tough career but if it’s
what you love to do, go for it!
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