Joel K. Goldman (born October 23, 1952) is an American author and former trial attorney.

[2] He attended the University of Kansas, participating in the debate team[3] as well as Moot Court.

[4] He suffers from a tic disorder, which he incorporated into one of his works, the Jack Davis series.

[5][better source needed][6] In September 2014, Goldman launched the publishing company Brash Books[7] 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.