Scott Turow
Author of Presumed Innocent
About the Author
Scott Turow is a writer and lawyer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 12, 1949. He received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1970 and an M.A. from Stanford University in 1974. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1978. He was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago and served as a show more prosecutor in several corruption cases. Turow continues to work as an attorney. He has written numerous novels including Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof, Pleading Guilty, The Laws of Our Fathers, Personal Injuries, Ordinary Heroes, Limitations, Innocent, and Identical. His non-fiction works include One L about his experience as a law student and Ultimate Punishment about the death penalty. He has won numerous awards including the Heartland Prize in 2003 for Reversible Errors, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 2004 for Ultimate Punishment, and Time Magazine's Best Work of Fiction, 1999 for Personal Injuries. He will give a keynote speech at the National writer's Congress 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent 6 copies
Scott Turow Omnibus: Includes One L, the Laws of Our Fathers, Pleading Guilty, the Burden of Proof, Presumed Innocent (1999) 2 copies
The Last Trail r 1 copy
Identical r 1 copy
La lege dei padri 1 copy
o ultimo julgamento Ed. 2021 1 copy
Identicall 1 copy
Dominance 1 copy
O Medo dos Bravos 1 copy
Erros Reversíveis 1 copy
Tje Laws of Our Fathers 1 copy
The Black Sun 1 copy
Scott Turow, 3 book set, paperback softcover, The burden of proof, Innocent, presumed innocent (1965) 1 copy
Turow Scott 1 copy
Inside Out 1 copy
The Innocent 1 copy
Associated Works
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For (2015) — Contributor — 126 copies
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contributor — 72 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Turow, Scott Frederick
- Birthdate
- 1949-04-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
- Education
- Amherst College (BA|1970)
Stanford University (MA|1974)
Harvard University (JD|1978) - Occupations
- lecturer
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chicago, Illinois
lawyer - Organizations
- Rock Bottom Remainders (band)
Authors Guild
Illinois State Police Merit Board
U.S Senate Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois
Dentons - Awards and honors
- Heartland Prize (2003)
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (2004)
Time Magazine's Best Work of Fiction (1999)
Order of Lincoln (2000)
Laureate, Lincoln Academy of Illinois (2000)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2016) - Agent
- Gail Hochman (Brandt & Hochman)
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Statistics
- Works
- 57
- Also by
- 18
- Members
- 20,722
- Popularity
- #1,041
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 419
- ISBNs
- 725
- Languages
- 25
- Favorited
- 24
Secrets of the chief's questionable behavior, combined with the testimony of her accusers, leads Pinky to discover a deeper secret from years earlier, and now the chief's life is in danger.
I enjoyed this story, and Pinky's scrappy attitude.
An enjoyable read.… (more)