Phillip Margolin
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| Phillip Margolin | |
| Born: | 1944 New York City, New York |
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| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Nationality: | USA |
| Genres: | Legal thriller |
| Website: | http://www.phillipmargolin.com/ |
Phillip Margolin (born in 1944 in New York, New York) is a writer of legal thrillers.
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[edit] Biography
Phillip Marholin was born in New York City in 1944.[1] After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967.[2] He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1970[3], and has worked for 25 years as a criminal defense attorney, an occupation of choice inspired by the Perry Mason books.[2] He started to work in 1970 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.[4]
He published his first story, The Girl in the Yellow Bikini, in 1974, and became a full-time writer in 1996. He has written 12 books as of January 2007. He lists as his favourite writer Joseph Conrad, and among his favourite books War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Stone City by Mitchell Smith.[2]
Philip Margolin is since 1968 married to Doreen Stamm with two children, Ami and Daniel.[1] They currently live in Portland, Oregon[5]
Phillip Margolin is also the president of "Chess for Success", a non-profit organisation aimed at children to help them by learning chess.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
| Title | Year | Editor | ISBN | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl in the Yellow Bikini | 1974 | Short story in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine | ||
| Heartstone | 1978 | HarperTorch | ISBN 978-0-06-073969-0 | |
| The Last Innocent Man | 1981 | HarperTorch | ISBN 978-0-06-073968-3 | The novel has been made into a HBO movie starring Ed Harris |
| Gone But Not Forgotten | 1993 | Doubleday | ISBN 978-0-38-547002-5 | Translated into more than 20 languages, sold over 1.5 million copies, made into a TV mini-series in 2004 by Warner Bros. starring Brooke Shields[1] |
| After Dark | 1995 | Doubleday | ISBN 978-0-38-547548-8 | |
| The Burning Man | 1996 | Doubleday | ISBN 978-0-38-548053-6 | |
| Smokescreen | 1997 | Only published in Dutch as Rookgordijn, published by Meulenhoff | ||
| The Undertaker's Widow | 1998 | Doubleday | ISBN 978-0-38-548054-3 | |
| Angie's Delight | 1998 | Delacorte Press | Short story in Murder For Revenge: turned into a 13 minute movie in 2006 | |
| The Jailhouse Lawyer | 1998 | Short story in Legal Briefs | ||
| Wild Justice | 2000 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-019624-0 | |
| The Associate | 2002 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-019625-7 | |
| Ties That Bind | 2003 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-008324-3 | |
| Sleeping Beauty | 2004 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-008326-7 | |
| Lost Lake | 2005 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-073502-3 | |
| Proof Positive | 2006 | HarperCollins | ISBN 978-0-06-073505-0 |
[edit] Awards and recognitions
- 1978: nominated for an Edgar Award for best original paperback by the Mystery Writers of America for Heartstone[1]
- 1999: the short story The Jailhouse Lawyer is published in the 1999 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Crimezone interview from 2004 (in Dutch)
- ^ a b c d Barnes and Noble interview from 2003
- ^ Barnes and Noble page
- ^ Authorsontheweb page on Margolin
- ^ Crimezone page on Margolin (in Ducth)
