Born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, Heywood Gould got his start as reporter for the NY Post. Later he financed years of rejection with the usual colorful jobs - cabdriver, mortician's assistant, tending bar and writing screenplays. Gould is the author of nine novels, among them Cocktail, Fort Apache, The Bronx; Double Bang, Serial Killer's Daughter, Leading Lady and Green Light for Murder both Hammett Award finalists. He has written nine screenplays, including Cocktail, Fort Apache, the Bronx, Boys From Brazil, Rolling Thunder and Streets of Gold. And has directed four feature films, One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton, Trial By Jury with William Hurt, Mistrial starring Bill Pullman and Double Bang with William Baldwin.
