ABOUT

RICK TUBER

Rick Tuber is an American author and film editor. He attended California State University, Northridge, and has been working in film since the 1980s, earning a Primetime Emmy award and an ACE (American Cinema Editors) award for best editing for a drama. Well, I'll Be Damned is his fourth publication with FriesenPress, following its 2018 prequel Just My F***ing Luck, and the first in the Rick Potter series, Should Have Seem It Coming. He also published a non-fiction book about working on location in China called Shanghai Cuts: A Hollywood Film Editor's Misadventures in China.

​He currently lives in Southern California with his wife and children. When not writing, Rick can be found sipping on single malt scotch and rooting for his beloved Yankees. Win or lose.​
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Feb 14, 2021 America Speaks Podcast with Tish Lampert
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June 4, 2020 Chat and Spin Radio Interview    
Chat and Spin Interview - Rick Tuber 6/4/2020
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March 21, 2019 - Podcast feature on The Sherri Clip
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Well, I'll Be Damned!

The conclusion to the Rick Potter trilogy

BOOKS BY RICK TUBER

Well, I'll Be Damned!

​Film editor Rick Potter is serving thirty years for a murder he didn’t commit . . . but all things considered, life behind bars isn’t so bad. In fact, he’s flourishing in his new environment, regaling his colorful group of fellow inmates with tales from working in Hollywood during the Golden Age of television. 

While Rick gets roped into compiling a bar mitzvah video for the warden (and starts falling for the warden’s pretty assistant), the real killer is still out there . . . and ready to kill again to cover up his crimes. It will take the combined efforts of a pair of oddball detectives, a recently comatose octogenarian ex-cop, a savvy nurse, and a rehab aide to piece together the clues to unmask the true culprit and get the film editor released from prison.

Fast-paced and funny, Well, I’ll Be Damned is the conclusion to the Rick Potter trilogy, following Should Have Seen It Coming and Just My F***ing Luck.

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JUST MY F***ING LUCK
​A Noirmedy

It has been seventeen years since Rick Potter's life fell apart in a mess of family drama. After a botched robbery and the brutal murder of his spouse, Rick escapes to Shanghai to distance himself both geographically, and emotionally, from the tragic events that haunt him. When Rick decides it is time to make a quick visit to Los Angeles to see his sons, he finds that history is about to repeat.

Unbeknownst to Rick, the timing of his visit coincides with the release of his daughter-in-law, Kendra, who was convicted of murdering his wife. Kendra was framed for the crime and is hell bent on revenge.

On his last night in town, Rick reluctantly agrees to meet his first wife, Tara, for dinner at a pretentious bistro, unaware that this would be her last meal on earth.
It doesn't surprise him to be considered a suspect in the investigation--it was just his f***ing luck to have both of his wives murdered.

Author Rick Tuber takes readers on an amusing and chaotic ride in this, a "noirmedy" (noir + comedy) that is the unravelling of Rick Potter's sequel to Should Have Seen It Coming. His particular brand of humor in the darkest of situations will compel you to laugh at the characters as much as dreading the consequences.

​Reviews for Just My F***ing Luck
"Snappy dialogue and quick wit drive this story. Tuber writes with the eye of a film editor, creating tight scenes populated by an assortment of engaging, yet uniquely flawed characters who share: Something old---an unsolved murder. Something new---a recent murder. Something borrowed---a friend’s mother. Something blue---a Russian chewing gum wrapper."
— Pamela Allegretto, author of "Bridge of Sighs and Dreams"

"Rick Tuber has done it again. This sequel to 'I Should Have Seen It Coming' is quirky, intriguing and completely addictive. Warmly recommended."
— Gary Parker, author of the award-winning thriller, "The Fourth Order." 
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SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING

Rick Potter, his three sons, and his second wife Cheryl live an idyllic life in sunny Southern California. Rick is a successful film editor, a car collector, and the owner of a beautiful family home, but little does he know that this is all about to change. When the eldest son, Nate, allows his fiancé Kendra to move in without Rick and Cheryl’s consent, things start to get messy. Prone to fits of rage, irrational demands, and shooting any cat with the unfortunate luck of wandering into the backyard, Kendra is a human powder keg, and she works hard at turning Nate against his own family. She also introduces other colorful characters into the fray, such as her deviant son, Bryan, as well as Rosie, her larger-than-life mother. Down on her luck and short on cash, Rosie devises a plan to rob the Potters blind with the help of two bumbling thieves. Drawn to the mess like sharks to blood, Bryan’s ex-con father comes back into the picture, as well as Tara, Rick’s lustful and manipulative ex-wife. With all of this trouble brewing on the horizon, Rick realizes too late that he should have seen it coming; now, a woman is dead, and there is no shortage of suspects, most of whom are family.
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In this darkly funny drama, Rick Tuber brings us the story of the ultimate dysfunctional family. The narration is sharp and humorous, compelling you to laugh at the characters as much as you dread the consequences of their selfish choices and hapless actions. At its heart, Should Have Seen It Coming is a clever, cautionary tale about the tragedy that grows out of stupidity, greed, and revenge—but you can rest assured that you will chuckle the whole way through.
Reviews for Should Have Seen It Coming
"Disparate worlds collide in Rick Tuber's "Should Have Seen it Coming," an absorbing whodunit populated with the most colorful characters this side of P.D. James. Clever and engaging."
– Gary Parker author of the award-winning thriller "The Fourth Order"

"A hodgepodge of well fleshed-out, dysfunctional characters spill out of the circus car and onto the pages of this non-stop and quirky dark-humored tale. Tuber’s style is unique, crisp, and engaging. 5 stars!"
– Pamela Allegretto, author of "Bridge of Sighs and Dreams"
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SHANGHAI CUTS
A Hollywood Film Editor's Misadventures in China

Shanghai Cuts (A Hollywood Film Editor’s Misadventures in China) is a first-person account of a film editor working on a television production in Shanghai. Divided from his family in the midst of a crisis, Rick connects with an eclectic cast of characters working on “Flatland,” starring Dennis Hopper. The story is a unique narrative about life on location, tales from the cutting room, and recollections of his many years behind the scissors. The experience will take a toll on family life back home, and the course of events will change lives forever.
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"Tuber writes with the eye of a film editor,
creating tight scenes populated by an assortment of engaging,
yet uniquely flawed characters..."

— Pamela Allegretto,
​author of "Bridge of Sighs and Dreams"

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