The author of twenty-three novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote twenty episodes of the CBS military drama JAG. The international bes...

The author of twenty-three novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote twenty episodes of the CBS military drama JAG. The international bestseller, To Speak for the Dead, was his first novel and introduced readers to linebacker-turned lawyer Jake Lassiter. Bum Rap was an Amazon Number One Bestseller. He divides his time between Santa Barbara and Miami.