Raymond Obstfeld

Raymond Obstfeld is a renowned author, professor, and screenwriter. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1952, and later moved with his family to Loyalsock, where he graduated from high school in 1969. Obstfeld's parents and brother were immigrants from Germany. He developed an early interest in writing and later pursued it as a career, publishing his first novel, "The Goulden Fleece," when he was just 24 years old.\n \nObstfeld is a versatile writer who has authored or co-authored nearly 50 books, spanning various genres, including poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and screenplays. He has been twice nominated for the NAACP Image Award, winning once, and has also been nominated for an Edgar A. Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for "Dead Heat." His writing career began with him using several pseudonyms, including Pike Bishop, Carl Stevens, and Jason Frost, to write different genres. After writing over a dozen thrillers, Westerns, and occult novels, he decided to return to mainstream literary fiction.

In addition to his work as an author, Obstfeld is also a professor of English at Orange Coast College and a contributing editor for Writer's Digest. He has published two instructional books on writing, "The Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes" and "Fiction First Aid." Obstfeld is also a screenwriter who has adapted his novels "Dead Heat" and "Warlord" for Michael Keaton and Arnold Schwarzenegger, respectively. He has written original scripts for various genres, from romantic comedy to caper-comedy to teen action to cop dramas.

Obstfeld has also co-authored a number of non-fiction books with former professional basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, including "What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors" and "Stealing the Game." He is also the co-author, with Abdul-Jabbar, of the children's basketball-themed fiction series "Streetball Crew." Obstfeld's writing has been published internationally, and he continues to be a prominent figure in the literary world.
Harry Gould Thriller Books
# Title Year
1 The Goulden Fleece 1979
2 The Dead-End Option 1980
3 Dead Heat 1981
4 Dead Bolt 1982
Cliff Remington Books
# Title Year
1 The Remington Factor 1985
2 The Remington Contract 1988
Streetball Crew Books (with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
# Title Year
1 Sasquatch in the Paint 2013
2 Stealing the Game 2015
Diamondback Books
# Title Year
1 Diamondback 2019
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Masked Dog 1986
2 Brain Wave 1987
3 Reincarnation 1988
4 Hungry Women 1990
5 Wicked Women 1991
6 Borrowed Lives 1991
7 The Joker and the Thief 1993
8 Lessons in Survival 1994
9 Women On Top 1994
10 Earth Angel 1995
11 Anatomy Lesson 2008
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes 2000
2 Fiction First Aid 2001
3 Careers for Your Characters 2002
History Firsthand Books
# Title Year
1 The Civil War: The North 2000
2 Sixties Counterculture 2000
3 Slavery 2001
4 The Roaring Twenties 2001
5 The Renaissance 2002
6 Pearl Harbor 2003
7 The Black Death 2003