Other works

(1999) Biography: "Diego Rivera".

Book: "Why Sinatra Matters."

Article: "Man With A Past", "Playboy" (USA), December 1988, p.90-94.

Article: "Bugsy Siegel's Fabulous Dream", "Playboy" (USA), February 1992, p.104-105+130+150-154.

(1996) Book: "Piecework"

(1972) Unsold pilot: Created and wrote the teleplay for a pilot for ABC called "Cassidy and Torres", which was based on his own experiences. The plot concerned the adventures of a police reporter and a Hispanic detective, played by Mitchell Ryan and Reni Santoni, respectively

(2007) Novel: "North River"

Wrote the foreword for "The Brooklyn Film: Essays in the History of Filmmaking" by John B. Manbeck and Robert Singer (McFarland, 2003).

(2011) Book: "Tabloid City".

(1978) Novel: "Dirty Laundry"

(1979) Novel: "The Deadly Piece"

(1983) Novel: "The Guns of Heaven"

Novel: "Forever"

(1975) Won a Grammy in the "Best Album Notes" category for Bob Dylan's "Blood On the Tracks"