One of the highlights of his legal career was the successful reversal of the murder conviction of a man who had spent 11 years behind bars–a case which Turow did pro bono. He served as Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago for nearly a decade, serving as lead prosecutor in a number of high-profile federal trials. Turow then taught creative writing at Stanford for three years, before attending the esteemed Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1978. He has also authored non-fiction books.īorn in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Amherst College, where he graduated with high honors, before receiving a fellowship to study at the Stanford University Creative Writing Center. Scott Turow is an American lawyer and New York Times bestselling author of legal thriller novels.
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