The Story Behind Brash Books

In the beginning

We were founded in 2014 by international men of mystery Lee Goldberg and Joel Goldman, both Edgar-Award nominated, bestselling authors. Lee is the writer/producer of many successful TV series (including Diagnosis Murder, SeaQuest and Monk) and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 60 novels, including the Malibu Burning, Calico, Lost Hills and the first five Fox & O’Hare books with Janet Evanovich. Joel traded his career as a practicing trial attorney to write the hugely successful and award-winning Lou Mason, Jack Davis, and Alex Stone thriller series. Together, these two golden boys share a passion for great crime novels – which led them to start their own publishing company. As of 2025, between Brash Books and their Cutting Edge imprint, they have published over 500 titles, a mix of previously out-of-print novels and never-before-published work.

Why We Are Here

We publish the books that we love – the widely-acclaimed, award-winning novels that have inspired, entertained, and wowed countless readers as well as today’s bestselling authors of thrillers and mysteries. We also publish innovative whodunits, espionage adventures and novels of suspense from well-established authors and exciting, new voices in crime fiction.

How To Submit To Brash

Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to Brash Books.

Unfortunately, we’ve been absolutely inundated with submissions. The way things are going, we’ll have to call the fire department to rescue us from beneath the pile. We need time to dig ourselves out. 

So we are closed to submissions until further notice.

If you submitted your work between May 1 and June 11, 2026, and haven’t heard from us, don’t worry. Your manuscript is among the many we haven’t reviewed yet, but we’ll be getting back to you as soon as we can.

Thank you for your patience.

And stay Brash.