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Luke is an author and screenwriter known for unflinching honesty and formally inventive storytelling across fiction and film. He is the recipient of the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award. His debut novel, Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours, earned critical acclaim for its fragmented, emotionally resonant exploration of love, grief, and identity. His upcoming novel, Kill Dick (Red Hen Press, Spring 2026), is a dark, satirical thriller set in Los Angeles that examines wealth, addiction, corruption, and moral complicity. The novel has been named one of Lit Hub’s and Playboy’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 and featured in USA TODAY. As a screenwriter, Goebel co-wrote Eileen, starring Anne Hathaway, and Causeway, starring Jennifer Lawrence. He lives in Pasadena.
At 19, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together. Then there’s Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it’s almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot. Dark, satirical, and razor-sharp, Kill Dick is a modern thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.
Omniscient Productions was founded by Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel. Known for bringing bold, literary storytelling to the screen, the company produced Eileen (starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie) and Causeway (starring Jennifer Lawrence). With a slate of projects in development, Omniscient Productions continues to push the boundaries of character-driven, psychologically rich narratives.