As a ghostwriter, Alan Goldsher has collaborated on projects with comedians Bernie Mac and Fred Willard, actors Michael Madsen, Robert Englund, and Joey Lawrence, Ironman triathlete Sarah Reinertsen, former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar, film director Tobe Hooper, 2008 "Top Chef" winner Stephanie Izard, former NBA players John Salley and Henry Bibby, and Chicago-based improvisational comics T.J. & Dave, among other notable public figures.  Alan is also the author of Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read (St. Martin’s Press, 2006) and Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Hal Leonard, 2002), as well as the novels Jam and The Record Haus. Written as A.M. Goldsher, his chicklit novels The True Naomi Story, Reality Check, and Today's Special were published in the U.K. in 2008, with Superheroine to come in 2011.  His music/horror mash-up Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, will be published by Pocket Books in 2010.

Goldsher's sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, and NBA.com, and he has contributed to the music periodicals Bass Player and Drum, and he reviews books for Kirkus. During his 10-plus years as a professional bassist, Goldsher recorded with Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and Naughty by Nature; toured the world with Digable Planets; and performed at the 1994 Grammy Awards.  Alan lives and writes in Chicago.