Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter and producer, known for his work on several different TV crime series, including Diagnosis: Murder, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Hunter, Spenser For Hire, Martial Law and Monk. He has also written episodes for She-Wolf of London, SeaQuest and 1-800-Missing. In 2007 he wrote and produced the pilot for a German show called Fast Track: No Limits, starring Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker, Alexia Barlier and Joseph Beattie. Along with his work on Monk and Diagnosis Murder, Goldberg has written several spin-off books based on those series. He has also penned several original crime novels, two featuring ex-cop-turned-Hollywood troubleshooter Charlie Willis and three in the .357 Vigilante series, which he wrote under the pseudonym Ian Ludlow when he was still a student. His novel The Man with the Iron-On Badge was nominated for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America and was produced in 2007 as the stage play "Mapes For Hire" in Owensboro, Kentucky at the International Mystery Writers Festival.