Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including "Gangster Nation," "Gangsterland," which was a finalist for the Hammett Prize, "The House of Secrets," which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer, and "Living Dead Girl," a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is also the cohost of the popular podcast Literary Disco and founded and directs the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. His next book, "Death of a Gangster," will be out soon.