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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As a book bloggin’ and book luvin’ Princess, I’m always
curious to find out how authors got the ideas for their books. Can you tell us how you got the idea to write
your book?
My novel is about a man who needs a new liver and I heard
how difficult it is to move up on the waiting list, despite however much money
you may have, so the book came out of that.
Can you tell us a little about the main
characters of your book?
Harrison Stockton is a middle aged man who works on Wall
Street. His life has been about the sole pursuit of money at the expense of his
money. Naelle is a hooker who he calls who winds up saving his life in the
beginning.
If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what
would that be?
That you will eventually get published and not to give up
even when it seems impossible.
What would you say is one of your interesting writing
quirks?
I write everyday under a tree in Central Park
when the weather is nice.
Do you hear from your readers? What do they say?
Sure, most of the time it’s a nice message about how much
they liked the book. My last novel came out in France
and I get the most letters from them.
What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?
My dad was a critic and helped me always strive to be the
best.
What has been your best accomplishment?
Probably my novel The Mentor since it came out in all
bookstores and in France
and Slovakia.
Do you Google yourself?
Yup.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
About ten.
Fun question – if you were princess or prince,
what’s one thing you would do to make your kingdom a better place?
Less politicians.
Do you have anything specific that you would like to say to
your readers?
If you like great suspense thrillers, check me out!
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
