David Rosenfelt


David Rosenfelt is an author who has written thirty three novels and three TV movies. His main character in most of his mystery books is Andy Carpenter, attorney and dog lover.

Biography

Rosenfelt graduated from New York University and then decided to work in the movie business. After being interviewed by his uncle, who was the President of United Artists, he was hired and worked his way up the corporate culture.
Rosenfelt eventually became the marketing president for Tri-Star Pictures. He married and had two children during this period.
Rosenfelt left the corporate industry and wrote screenplays for movies and television. He turned to writing novels and has become quite successful in that genre.
In 1995, he and his wife started the "Tara Foundation" which has saved almost 4,000 dogs. He is a dog lover and supports more than two dozen dogs.

Style

Rosenfelt, a dog lover and who worked with many lawyers in his occupation, created a character, Andy Carpenter, an attorney who faces corporate cultures and who is a dog lover.

Format

Rosenfelt books run in the low to mid 300 pages with 15 basic beats and about 40 scenes fairly consistent with movie and television formats.

Books

Standalone Fiction

  1. Open and Shut, 2002, Grand Central Publishing
  2. *Finalist for the Edgar Award and the Shamus Award for best first novel.
  3. First Degree, 2003, Grand Central Publishing,
  4. Bury the Lead, 2004, Grand Central Publishing
  5. *Selection of the NBC Today Book Club.
  6. Sudden Death, 2005, Mysterious Press,
  7. Dead Center, 2006, Mysterious Press,
  8. Play Dead, 2007, Grand Central Publishing,
  9. New Tricks, 2009, Grand Central Publishing,
  10. Dog Tags, 2010, Grand Central Publishing,
  11. One Dog Night, 2011, Minotaur Books,
  12. Leader of the Pack, 2012, Minotaur Books,
  13. Unleashed, 2013, Minotaur Books,
  14. Hounded, 2014, Minotaur Books,
  15. Who Let the Dog Out?, 2015, Minotaur Books,
  16. Outfoxed, 2016, Minotaur Books,
  17. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, 2017, Minotaur Books,
  18. Collared, 2017, Minotaur Books,
  19. Rescued, 2018, Minotaur Books,
  20. Deck the Hounds, 2018, Minotaur Books,
  21. Bark of Night, 2019, Minotaur Books,
  22. Dachshund Through the Snow, 2019, Minotaur Books,
  23. Muzzled, 2020, Minotaur Books,

    The K Team

Andy Carpenter spinoff series.
  1. The K Team, 2020, Minotaur Books,

    Doug Brock series

  2. Blackout, 2016, Minotaur Books,
  3. Fade to Black, 2018, Minotaur Books,
  4. Black and Blue, 2019, Minotaur Books,

    Nonfiction