Who is Lisa Scottoline

Lisa Scottoline (born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers. Her novels have been translated into 25 languages.

Scottoline was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a degree in English. In 1981, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School cum laude. She became a litigator at a prestigious law firm in Philadelphia but stayed home after the birth of her daughter. She took up writing as a way to make money at home. Since then, she has written 13 bestselling novels, including Final Appeal, which received the 1995 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Mystery, and Moment of Truth, which reached number five on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Scottoline writes a column entitled "Chick Wit" for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A collection of Lisa's columns will be compiled in a new book entitled "Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman", and is set to be released on November 24, 2009. Her next thriller novel, Think Twice, is scheduled to be released in March 2010.