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David Rosenfelt      

Fiction Author & Founder of the Tara Foundation, a Dog Rescue

David Rosenfelt is an author who has written over 20 novels and three TV movies. His main character in most of his mystery books is Andy Carpenter, attorney and dog lover.

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.

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.

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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas | David Rosenfelt | Macmillan
Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he's happy—eager, even—to take the case th...
David Rosenfelt | Authors | Macmillan
DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar-nominated and Shamus Award-winning author of several stand-alone thrillers and more than a dozen Andy Carpenter novels, ...
David Rosenfelt returns with 'The Twelve Dogs of Christmas' - The ...
“The Twelve Dogs of Christmas: an Andy Carpenter Mystery” (Minotaur), by David Rosenfelt. David Rosenfelt is known for his legal thrillers filled with wry humor.

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