Raymond Obstfeld is a novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer. His second novel, Dead Heat, was nominated for an Edgar Award. He also wrote an award-winning young adult novel entitled Joker and the Thief. Raymond has previously collaborated with Kareem on the first book in the Streetball Crew series, Sasquatch in the Paint; the sports memoir On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance; and the nonfiction picture book What Color Is My World? Mr. Obstfeld currently teaches creative writing at Orange Coast College as an associate professor.