Career
Goldman worked as a staff writer on the multi-format computer games magazine Zero, circa 1990–1992.
Goldman wrote the novel Dreamworld, four non-fiction books for young adults, and the non-fiction two-volume series The X-Files Book of the Unexplained, about the American television show. Goldman appears as a character in author Neil Gaiman's short story "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" (1996).
She eventually made the jump to script writing, and was a part of the writing team for David Baddiel's short-lived sitcom, Baddiel's Syndrome. She was the co-writer of the screenplay for Stardust, based on Gaiman's novel, for which she won the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. After Stardust, Goldman became a frequent collaborator of director Matthew Vaughn, co-writing and producing his next movies, the comic book adaptations Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class. Kick-Ass has caused controversy with the character of a child assassin, Hit-Girl. Goldman defends this character by stating, "It's not a movie for kids, it's not something kids should see. Obviously no little kid could go around doing this." She was also a co-writer who helped adapt the 2011 drama-thriller The Debt, starring Helen Mirren, and wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film adaptation of Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black.
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