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Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novels are set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County. Films have been based on several of his books. Life and career Turow was born in Chicago, to a family of Belarusian Jewish descent. His father was an M.D., but it was his mother Rita whom he credits as serving as his "beacon" and shaping him with her "love, support, and boundless faith in me." He attended New Trier High School and graduated from Amherst College in 1970, as a brother of the Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society. He received an Edith Mirrielees Fellowship to Stanford University’s Creative Writing Center, which he attended from 1970 to 1972. Turow later became a Jones Lecturer at Stanford, serving until 1975, when he entered Harvard Law School. In 1977, Turow wrote One L, a book about his first year at law school. After earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree cum laude in 1978, Turow became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago, serving in that position until 1986. There, he prosecuted several high-profile corruption cases, including the tax fraud case of state Attorney General, William Scott. Turow was also lead counsel in Operation Greylord, the federal prosecution of judicial corruption cases in Illinois. After leaving the U.S. Attorney's Office, Turow became a novelist and wrote the legal thrillers Presumed Innocent (1987), The Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), and Personal Injuries, which Time magazine named as the Best Fiction Novel of 1999. All four books became bestsellers, and Turow won multiple literary awards, most notably the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers' Association. In 1990, Turow was featured on the June 11 cover of Time, which described him as "Bard of the Litigious Age". In 1995, Canadian author Derek Lundy published a biography of Turow, entitled Scott Turow: Meeting the Enemy (ECW Press, 1995). In the 1990s, a British publisher bracketed Turow’s work with that of Margaret Atwood and John Irving, republished in the series Bloomsbury Modern Library. Turow was elected the President of the Authors Guild in 2010, which he was previously President of from 1997 to 1998. As the President of the Authors Guild, he has been criticized for his copyright maximalist and anti-ebook stance. Turow has often responded that he is not against e-books, and has shared that he, in fact, does the majority of his own reading electronically. According to Turow, he is interested in protecting writing as a livelihood. From 1997 to 1998, Turow was a member of the U.S. Senate Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois, which recommends federal judicial appointments. In 2011, Turow met with Harvard Law School professor, Lawrence Lessig, to discuss political reform, including a possible Second Constitutional Convention of the United States. According to one source, Turow saw risks with having such a convention, but he believed that it may be the "only alternative", given his stance that campaign money can undermine the one man, one vote principle of democracy. Turow is a retired partner of the international law firm Dentons having been a partner of one of its constituents, the Chicago law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Much of Turow's caseload work is pro bono, including a 1995 case, in which he won the release of Alejandro Hernandez, a man that spent 11 years on death row for a murder he did not commit. He was also appointed to the commission considering the reform of the Illinois death penalty by former Governor George Ryan. Additionally, Turow was the first Chair of the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission, and he served as one of the 14 members on the Commission, which was appointed in March of 2000, by Illinois Governor George Ryan to consider reform of the capital punishment system. Turow also served as a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board 2000–2002. Bibliography Novels Turow’s fiction is set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County. According to Turow, he planned to set his first novel, Presumed Innocent in Boston, where he attended law school. But by the time he finished the work, the setting had taken on characteristics of Chicago, Turow's hometown to which he had returned. Presumed Innocent, 1987 (Film) The Burden of Proof, 1990 (TV miniseries) Pleading Guilty, 1993 The Laws of Our Fathers, 1996 Personal Injuries, 1999 Reversible Errors, 2002 (TV film) Ordinary Heroes, 2005 Limitations, 2006 Innocent, 2010 (TV film) Identical, 2013 Testimony, 2017 The Last Trial, 2020 Suspect, 2022 As editor Guilty As Charged, 1996 (as editor) The Best American Mystery Stories, 2006 (as editor) Non-fiction One L, 1977 Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty, 2003 Hard Listening, co-authored in July 2013, an interactive ebook about his participation in a writer/musician band, the Rock Bottom Remainders. Published by Coliloquy, LLC. Reception His non-fiction work Ultimate Punishment also received the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 2003 Book award given annually to a novelist who "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes – his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." Films Presumed Innocent, 1990 The Burden of Proof, 1992 Reversible Errors, 2004 Innocent, 2011 Awards Scott Turow was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2000 in the area of Communications. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame gave Turow the Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement on October 5, 2023 as part of Chicago Public Library's 150th anniversary celebration. See also List of bestselling novels in the United States References External links Official website Scott Turow at IMDb Appearances on C-SPAN A reading from The Laws of Our Fathers by Scott Turow Interview on Ordinary Heroes at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Works by or about Scott Turow at Internet Archive Chicago Literary Hall of Fame ceremony for Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement. Discover the Scott Turow popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Scott Turow books.
Best Seller Scott Turow Books of 2024
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Turning Angel
Greg Iles#1 New York Times bestselling author of Mississippi Blood and The Bone Tree keeps the secrets of the South alive in this “powerful…heartfelt…entirely gripping” (The Washington Post...
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The Ends of Justice
Fred M. WhiteHe would awaken from the dream fearing he may go mad. It was horribly realistic; as realistic as the prison bars, the tramp of heavy feet in the clanging corridors, the rattle of k...
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Speak of the Devil
Allison LeottaIn this gripping legal thriller by “the female John Grisham” (The Providence Journal), sexcrimes prosecutor Anna Curtis must stop a vicious street gang before it destroys more live...
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The Girl From Home
Adam MitznerA “gripping thriller” (Publishers Weekly) featuring pageturning tension, psychological twists and turns, and an unforgettable voice, perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gill...
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Adam Mitzner Boxed Set
Adam MitznerFollow the riveting stories of two New York City defense lawyers, backtoback, in this ebookonly package combining Adam Mitzner’s acclaimed legal thrillers A Conflict of Interest an...
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Palace Council
Stephen L. CarterA gripping, nationally bestselling political thriller set against the backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and the Nixon White House.Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, r...
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A Conflict of Interest
Adam MitznerA stunning debut suspense novel in the bestselling tradition of Scott Turow and John Grishamfrom a “gifted writer” with a “long and successful career ahead of him” (Publishers Week...
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The Keeper
John LescroartFrom New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, “the master of the legal thriller” (Chicago SunTimes), comes this riveting suspense novel featuring fanfavorite Dismas Hardy ...
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Poison
John LescroartFrom the bestselling author whose prose “matches the best of John Grisham and Scott Turow” (Providence Journal) comes a gripping thriller featuring attorney Dismas Hardy as he inve...
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Losing Faith
Adam MitznerFrom the acclaimed author Publishers Weekly called “a gifted writer” comes this nailbiting legal thriller in the bestselling tradition of John Grisham and Scott Turow.Aaron Littman...
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Little Shoes
Pamela EverettIn the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California triple murder stunned an already grim nation. After a frantic weeklong manhunt for the killer...
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A Good Killing
Allison LeottaFormer federal prosecutor and critically acclaimed author Allison Leotta’s spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister i...
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The Secret Adversary
Agatha ChristieThe Secret Adversary introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence boo...
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The Fall
John LescroartA “courtroom thriller extraordinaire” (Providence Journal) from “master craftsman” (Associated Press) John Lescroart puts Dismas Hardy and his daughter in the middle of an uncertai...
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True Evil
Greg IlesA Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous secrets in this powerhouse thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series.Dr. Chris She...
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Venom
Joan BradyA gripping tale of international corporate intrigue from the awardwinning author of Bleedout . . . EASTERN EUROPE . . . Thirty years after Chernobyl, nuclear fallout is still...
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Third Degree
Greg IlesFrom New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his latest tour de force thriller an unforgettable plunge into a world of sex, violence, marital betrayal, medical malpracti...
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Denial
Beverley McLachlinCityLine Book Club Pick for SeptemberFrom the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure comes a taut new thriller starring toughasnails defense at...
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Allegiance
Kermit RooseveltA sophisticated legal thriller that plunges readers into the debate within the US government surrounding the imprisonment of thousands of JapaneseAmericans during World War II.When...
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The Concubine of Shanghai
Hong YingChina, 1907. Sixteenyearold orphan Cassia is sold by her aunt to a brothel. There, she works as a lowly maid for Madame Emerald until a powerful and dangerous client plucks her fro...
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Discretion
Allison LeottaFor fans of Lisa Scottoline and Law and Order: SVU, former federal sexcrimes prosecutor Allison Leotta’s novel explores the intersection of sex and power as Anna Curtis investigate...
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
Kate White, Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn, Mary Higgins Clark & Brad MeltzerEnjoy over 100 recipes and murderously fun facts from legendary mystery authors like Sue Grafton, Louise Penny, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson! With art deco embellishments and...
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New England White
Stephen L. CarterNATIONAL BESTSELLERLemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most promine...
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The Last Good Girl
Allison LeottaFrom Allison Leotta, the “highly entertaining storyteller” (George Pelecanos) who writes “in a style that’s as real as it gets” (USA TODAY), a rippedfromtheheadlines novel featurin...
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Proof
Beverley McLachlinFrom the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure comes a razorsharp thriller featuring defense attorney Jilly Truitt as she defends a highprofil...
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Full Disclosure
Beverley McLachlin#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDSFrom the former Chief Justice of Canada comes a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising, young defense attor...
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Injustice
Lee GoodmanFrom the author of the “stellar” (Publishers Weekly) Indefensible comes a “complex and intelligent” (John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author) legal mystery and courtroom ...
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The Ophelia Cut
John LescroartIn this riveting New York Times bestselling novel from the “master of the legal thriller” (Chicago SunTimes) John Lescroart, defense attorney Dismas Hardy tackles his most personal...
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The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories
Nicholas CarterNicholas Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective, who first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square ...
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What We Buried
Robert RotenbergA Toronto homicide detective is attacked at his doorstep when his investigation into possible links between the Nazi occupation of Italy and the murder of his brother decades later...
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Fatal
John LescroartJohn Lescroart’s latest spectacular New York Times bestseller explores the unexpected and shattering consequences of a onenight stand on a seemingly happily married couplea “dark, ...
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The Reckoning
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham's most powerful, surprising, and suspenseful thriller yet “A murder mystery, a courtroom drama, a family saga.” USA Today...
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Indefensible
Lee Goodman“Complex and intelligent, fantastically wellplotted” (New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart), this taut legal thriller follows the trail of a man determined to protect h...
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The Null Prophecy
Michael GuillenA book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
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A Case of Redemption
Adam MitznerThis riveting followup to A Conflict of Interest is a gritty, sophisticated thriller that will draw fans of Scott Turow and John Grisham into a world of relentless suspense.Dan Sor...
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The Secrets of Harry Bright
Joseph WambaughNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Raucous cops, outlaw bikers, and suntanned celebrities collide in a steamy landscape swirling with natural beauty and unnatural death. Sevent...
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Tony and Susan
Austin WrightFifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue ...
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Presunto inocente
Scott TurowUn thriller judicial apasionante sobre la delgada línea que separa el bien y el mal.Una novela que muestra los mecanismos, la psicología, la lógica del mundo de la justicia con tan...
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Ultimate Punishment
Scott TurowAmerica's leading writer about the law takes a close, incisive look at one of society's most vexing legal issues Scott Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels a...
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The Rule of Law
John LescroartAttorney Dismas Hardy is called to defend the least likely suspect of his career: his longtime, trusted assistant who is suddenly being charged as an accessory to murder in this in...