Born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, Heywood Gould got his start as a reporter for the New York Post. Later he financed years of rejection with the usual colorful jobs, cabdriver, mortician's assistant, industrial floor waxer, bartender and screenwriter. He has written twelve books and nine screenplays, among them "Lading Lady," "Fort Apache, the Bronx," "Boys From Brazil," "Cocktail," "Rolling Thunder," "Double Bang," "One Dead Debutante," and "Glitterburn." His new novel is "The Serial Killer's Daughter." "