Phillip Margolin
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A propos de l'auteur
Philip Margolin was born in New York City in 1944. He received a bachelor's degree in government from The American University in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1970. From 1972 until 1996, he was in private afficher plus practice in Portland, Oregon, specializing in criminal defense. He has tried many high profile cases and has argued in the Supreme Court. He was the first attorney to use the battered woman's syndrome defense in a homicide case in Oregon. His first novel, Heartstone, was published in 1978. He has been a full-time author since 1996. His other works include The Last Innocent Man; Gone, But Not Forgotten; After Dark; The Burning Man; The Undertaker's Widow; Wild Justice; The Associate; Sleeping Beauty; Capitol Murder and Sleight of Hand. He also writes short stories and non-fiction articles in magazines and law journals. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Phillip Margolin
Thriller 2.2: The House on Pine Terrace, The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away, On the Run, Can You Help Me Out… (2013) 2 exemplaires
The Adventure of the Purloined Paget {short story} 1 exemplaire
Critical Mass 1 exemplaire
Une pierre dans le coeur 1 exemplaire
Madison Kincaid E O Misterio Das Desaparecidas 1 exemplaire
El Precio de la Ambición 1 exemplaire
Non Dimenticare Mai 1 exemplaire
Murder For Revenge 1 exemplaire
Natural Suspect 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted (2017) — Contributeur — 48 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Margolin, Phillip
- Nom légal
- Margolin, Phillip
- Autres noms
- MARGOLIN, Phillip
- Date de naissance
- 1944
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Portland, Oregon, USA
New York, New York, USA (birth) - Études
- New York University School of Law
The American University in Washington, D.C. (BA ∙ Government) - Professions
- lawyer
Peace Corps volunteer
teacher - Organisations
- Chess for Success
- Agent
- Jean Naggar
- Courte biographie
- Phillip Margolin (born 1944) is an American writer of legal thrillers.
Margolin was born in New York City in 1944. After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, from American University in Washington, D.C., he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967. He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1970, and has worked for 25 years as a criminal defense attorney, an occupation of choice inspired by the Perry Mason books. He started to work in 1970 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.
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.
Philip Margolin was married to Doreen Stamm in 1968. They had two children, Ami and Daniel. Doreen, also an attorney, died from cancer in January 2007.
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".
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Critiques
Proof Positive par Phillip Margolin
Medical examiner fakes evidence, innocence man dies.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 52
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 11,004
- Popularité
- #2,148
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 312
- ISBN
- 642
- Langues
- 18
- Favoris
- 15