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Interview with Hotplate Productions Josh Gold & Lowell Cauffiel (Pt. 1)

Feb 21, 2010

  Lowell Cauffiel - Novelist, TV Writer

Lowell Cauffiel, born in Michigan, is an American writer and TV producer. An award-winning reporter with the Detroit News and Detroit Monthly Magazine in the 1970s and 1980s, Cauffiel began his bookwriting career in 1988 with Masquerade: A True Story of Seduction, Compulsion and Murder. That title, and his 1997 New York Times bestseller House of Secrets, have appeared on many critics' lists of the best works in American true crime. As a nonfiction author, he's known for his meticulous research and accuracy, delivered in novel-like, page-turner style. Thematically, Cauffiel's books often explore how people embrace popular trends and exalt American values to hide their dark intentions and destructive acts.

In the mid 1990s, Cauffiel also turned his attention to crime novels, publishing three fiction titles. He credits the off-beat humor and high-contrast scenes found in his fiction to his years spent as a reporter in the volatile streets of Detroit and the many years he worked as a blues guitarist in smoky Motor City nightclubs.

Lowell's most recently sold a TV pilot to Warner Bros. called "Detroit 310."

  Josh Gold - Television Executive

After finishing at the University of Texas, Josh Gold worked in production in Austin, TX on such films as THE ROOKIE, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE before moving to Los Angeles. He started his development career with producer Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Panic Room") before working as an executive for director Todd Phillips (OLD SCHOOL, THE HANGOVER), where he developed comedies at his Warner Bros.-based production company. Currently, Josh is President of WB-based Hotplate Productions. He has set up television shows at CBS, Fox Studios and NBC, and is currently casting the company's first feature film, JACK KNIFE, after securing independent financing for the film.