Biography

Phillip 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 a defense 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".

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 978-0-385-47002-5	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 and Scott Glenn
After Dark	1995	Doubleday	ISBN 978-0-385-47548-8
The Burning Man	1996	Doubleday	ISBN 978-0-385-48053-6
Smokescreen	1997			Only published in Dutch as Rookgordijn, published by Meulenhoff
The Undertaker's Widow	1998	Doubleday	ISBN 978-0-385-48054-3
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	Amanda Jaffe Book 1
The Associate	2002	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-019625-7	Amanda Jaffe Book 2
Ties That Bind	2003	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-008324-3	Amanda Jaffe Book 3
Sleeping Beauty	2004	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-008326-7
Lost Lake	2005	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-073502-9
Proof Positive	2006	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-073505-0	Amanda Jaffe Book 4
Executive Privilege	2008	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-123621-1	Brad Miller Book 1
Fugitive	2009	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-123623-5	Amanda Jaffe Book 5
Supreme Justice	2010	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-192651-8	Brad Miller Book 2
Capitol Murder	2012	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-206988-7	Brad Miller Book 3
Sleight of Hand	2013	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-206991-7	Stand-alone Novel
Worthy Brown's Daughter	2014	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0-06-219534-0	Stand-alone Novel
Woman With a Gun	2014	HarperCollins		Stand-alone Novel
Violent Crimes	Feb. 2016	HarperCollins	ISBN 978-0062266552	Amanda Jaffe Book 6

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

Awards and recognitions

• 1978: nominated for an Edgar Award for best original paperback by the Mystery Writers of America for Heartstone
• 1999: the short story The Jailhouse Lawyer is published in the 1999 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories

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