Lisa Scottoline (; born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers.

Life

Born in the

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neighborhood of

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, Scottoline attended Lower Merion High School and then went on to earn a B.A. in English magna cum laude (in three years) from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universit ...

, then graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She clerked for judges at the state and federal appellate courts and later became a litigator at

Dechert Dechert LLP () is an American multinational law firm of more than 900 lawyers with practices in corporate and securities, complex litigation, finance and real estate, financial services, asset management, and private equity. In 2021, the fir ...

in Philadelphia. After the birth of her daughter, she left the law firm and started writing. ''Final Appeal'' received an Edgar Award, for excellence in crime fiction. She has since written 30 bestselling novels, including ''Look Again'' and ''Don't Go'', both which reached number two on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. She has served as President of the Mystery Writers of America and won many other honors. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages and she has 30 million copies in print. Since March 2007, Scottoline and her daughter Francesca Serritella have been writing the "Chick Wit" column for ''

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''. A collection of those humorous nonfiction columns has been published in a series of bestselling books co-written with her daughter Francesca Serritella, the first of which is entitled ''Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman'' and published on November 24, 2009.

Books

Rosato & Associates

#''Everywhere That Mary Went'' (1993) #''Legal Tender'' (1996) #''Rough Justice'' (1997) #''Mistaken Identity'' (1998) #''Moment of Truth'' (2000) - #10 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for six weeks. #''The Vendetta Defense'' (2001) - #7 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for five weeks. #''Courting Trouble'' (2003) - #8 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for three weeks. #''Dead Ringer'' (2003) - #5 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for four weeks. #''Killer Smile'' (2004) - #14 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for two weeks. #''Lady Killer'' (2008) - #4 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for four weeks. #''Think Twice'' (2010) - #4 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for three weeks.

Rosato & DiNunzio Novels

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Standalone fiction

*''Final Appeal'' (1994) - Winner of the 1995 Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original Mystery." *''Running From the Law'' (1995), winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award 1995. *''Devil's Corner'' (2005) - #9 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for two weeks. *''Dirty Blonde'' (2006) - #5 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for four weeks. *''Daddy's Girl'' (2007)- #3 on NYT Bestseller list for two consecutive weeks and on the list for three weeks.
Appeared in the 2007 '' Reader's Digest Select Editions'' Volume 294 - #6. * - #2 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for three weeks. * - #7 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for four weeks. *''Come Home'' (2012, St. Martin's Press) - #4 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for three weeks. * - #2 on NYT Bestseller list and on the list for three weeks. *''Keep Quiet'' (2014, St. Martin's Press) *''Every Fifteen Minutes'' (2015, St. Martin's Press) *''Most Wanted'' (2016, St. Martin's Press) *''One Perfect Lie'' (2017, St. Martin's Press) *''After Anna'' (2018, St. Martin's Press) *''Someone Knows'' (April 9, 2019, G. P. Putnam's Sons) *''Eternal'' (March 23, 2021, Penguin Publishing Group) *''What Happened to the Bennetts'' (2022, Penguin Random House)

Serial novels contributed to

* '' Naked Came the Phoenix'' (2001) * ''Natural Suspect'' (2001) () * ''The Chopin Manuscript'' (2008) - The first book of the "Harold Middleton" series. Initial release was as an

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. () * ''The Copper Bracelet'' (2010) - The second book of the "Harold Middleton" series. () * ''Watchlist'' (2010) is an

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of ''The Chopin Manuscript'' (2008) and ''The Copper Bracelet'' (2010) () * ''No Rest for the Dead'' (2011) ()

Nonfiction

*''Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman'' (2009, St. Martin's Press) *''My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space'', with Francesca Serritella (2010, St. Martin's Press) *''Best Friends, Occasional Enemies: The Lighter Side of Life as a Mother and Daughter'', with Francesca Serritella (2011, St. Martin's Press) *''Happy and Merry'', with Francesca Serritella (2012, St. Martin's Press) -book*''Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim'', with Francesca Serritella (2012, St. Martin's Press) *''Have a Nice Guilt Trip'', with Francesca Serritella (2014, St. Martin's Press) *''Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions'', with Francesca Serritella (2015, St. Martin's Press) *''I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places'', with Francesca Serritella (2016, St. Martin's Press) *''I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool'', with Francesca Serritella (2017, St. Martin's Press) *''I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses'', with Francesca Serritella (2018, St. Martin's Press)

References

External links

Lisa Scottoline's Web siteReading Guides and title list for Lisa Scottoline's books
(official publisher web page) {{DEFAULTSORT:Scottoline, Lisa 1955 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American thriller writers American mystery writers American women novelists Edgar Award winners American writers of Italian descent Writers from Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Women mystery writers Lawyers from Philadelphia Litigators American women lawyers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Women thriller writers Novelists from Pennsylvania American lawyers and judges of Italian descent