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词条 Phillip Margolin
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  1. Biography

  2. Bibliography

  3. Awards and recognitions

  4. Notes

  5. External links

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Phillip Margolin (born 1944)[1] is an American writer of legal thrillers.

Biography

Margolin was born in New York City in 1944.[1] After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, from American University in Washington, D.C.,[2] he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967.[3] He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1970,[4] and has worked for 25 years as a criminal defense attorney, an occupation of choice inspired by the Perry Mason books.[3] He started to work in 1970 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.[5]

He published his first story, a short story titled "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.[3]

Philip Margolin was married to Doreen Stamm in 1968. They had two children, Ami and Daniel. Doreen, also a defense attorney, died from cancer in January 2007.[1]

Phillip Margolin is also the president of Chess for Success, a non-profit organisation "dedicated to helping children develop skills necessary for success in school and life by learning chess".[3][6][7]

Bibliography

TitleYearEditorISBNRemarks
The Girl in the Yellow Bikini1974Short story in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
Heartstone1978HarperTorch978-0-06-073969-0}}
The Last Innocent Man1981HarperTorch978-0-06-073968-3}}The novel has been made into a HBO movie starring Ed Harris
Gone, But Not Forgotten1993Doubleday978-0-385-47002-5}}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] and Scott Glenn
After Dark1995Doubleday978-0-385-47548-8}}
The Burning Man1996Doubleday978-0-385-48053-6}}
Smokescreen1997Meulenhoff90-743-3636-1}}Only published in Dutch as Rookgordijn, published by Meulenhoff
The Undertaker's Widow1998Doubleday978-0-385-48054-3}}
Angie's Delight1998Delacorte PressShort story in Murder For Revenge: turned into a 13-minute movie in 2006
The Jailhouse Lawyer1998Short story in Legal Briefs
Wild Justice2000HarperCollins978-0-06-019624-0}}Amanda Jaffe Book 1
The Associate2002HarperCollins978-0-06-019625-7}}
Ties That Bind2003HarperCollins978-0-06-008324-3}}Amanda Jaffe Book 2
Sleeping Beauty2004HarperCollins978-0-06-008326-7}}
Lost Lake2005HarperCollins978-0-06-073502-9}}
Proof Positive2006HarperCollins978-0-06-073505-0}}Amanda Jaffe Book 3
Executive Privilege2008HarperCollins978-0-06-123621-1}}Brad Miller and Dana Cutler Book 1
Fugitive2009HarperCollins978-0-06-123623-5}}Amanda Jaffe Book 4
Supreme Justice2010HarperCollins978-0-06-192651-8}}Brad Miller and Dana Cutler Book 2
Capitol Murder2012HarperCollins978-0-06-206988-7}}Brad Miller and Dana Cutler Book 3
Sleight of Hand2013HarperCollins978-0-06-206991-7}}Brad Miller and Dana Cutler Book 4
Worthy Brown's Daughter2014HarperCollins978-0-06-219534-0}}Stand-alone Novel
Woman With a Gun2014HarperCollinsStand-alone Novel
Violent CrimesFeb. 2016HarperCollins978-0062266552}}Amanda Jaffe Book 5
The Third Victim2018Minotaur Books978-1-25-011750-2}}Stand-alone Novel
The Perfect Alibi2019Minotaur Books978-1-250-11752-6}}Stand-alone Novel

He has also co-authored Vanishing Acts (Madison Kincaid Mystery) with his daughter Ami Margolin Rome.[8]

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

Notes

1. ^Crimezone interview from 2004 (in Dutch)
2. ^{{cite web|work=American Entertainment International Speakers Bureau| url=http://www.aeispeakers.com/print.php?SpeakerID=1673| title=Phillip Margolin Biography| accessdate=19 November 2011}}
3. ^Barnes and Noble interview from 2003
4. ^Barnes and Noble page
5. ^Authorsontheweb page on Margolin
6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.chessforsuccess.org/org/index.php | accessdate=19 November 2011 | publisher=ChessFor Success.org | title=Organization | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107094218/http://www.chessforsuccess.org/org/index.php | archivedate=7 November 2011 | df= }}
7. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.chessforsuccess.org/|title= Chess for Success |author= |date= 2012|accessdate=28 June 2013}}
8. ^[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Ami+Margolin+Rome&search-alias=books&text=Ami+Margolin+Rome&sort=relevancerank Amazon Page]

External links

  • His homepage
  • [https://www.harpercollins.com/cr-101121/phillip-margolin=14923 Author page at his publisher HarperCollins]
  • {{IMDb name|0546764}}
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