Charles Einstein (August 2, 1926 – March 7, 2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was the author of the 1953 novel The Bloody Spur, on which the film While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, was based.^[1] Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein.^[2] He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne".^[3]

• The Bloody Spur, Dell First Edition #5, pbo, 1953. reprinted as While the City Sleeps (Dell D86, 1956).^[4]
• Wiretap!, Dell First Edition #76, pbo, 1955.
• The Only Game In Town, Dell First Edition 47, pbo, 1955
• The Last Laugh, Dell First Edition A121, pbo, 1956.
• No Time at All, Simon & Schuster, hc, 1957. Dell, pb, 1958.
• The Naked City, Stories based on TV scripts by Stirling Silliphant. Dell First Edition A180, pbo, 1959.

A Flag for San Francisco, Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1962, J. Lowell Pratt and Company, pb, 1963

• “And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol”
• “Lady Bug, Lady Bug…”
• Line of Duty
• Meridian
• Nickel Ride
• The Other Face of Goodness
• Susquehanna 7-8367
• The Violent Circle

• The Day New York Went Dry, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1967.
• The Blackjack Hijack, Random House, 1976. Fawcett Crest, pb, 1976.
• Willie's Time, Southern Illinois University Press, 1979.

Einstein was also the editor of a series of compilations of baseball writings, titled The Fireside Book of Baseball.

Einstein was referenced in Ariel Pink's 2014 song ,"Lipstick." The song was inspired by the Lipstick Killer, which Einstein wrote about in his 1953 novel The Bloody Spur.

• Stroby, Wallace (March 12, 2007). "Charles Einstein 1926-2007". Blog post.
• Charles Einstein (April 6, 2004). "The Amazing Mays". Interviewed by Rob Neyer. ESPN. Interview with Einstein on the occasion of the republication of his 1979 biography of Willie Mays.