Edgar Allan Poe Award–nominated author Paul Levine crafts thrillers where law, history, and moral courage collide. Whether it’s linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter roaming Miami courtrooms or Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin battling fascists in Hollywood, Levine delivers suspense with heart and bite. Winner of the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and nominee for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes, his novels appear in 23 languages. A former trial lawyer, Levine wrote twenty episodes of the CBS drama JAG and co-created First Monday starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. His international bestseller To Speak for the Dead launched the Jake Lassiter series, and Early Grave was named the third-best legal thriller of the 21st Century by BestThrillers.com—just behind Michael Connelly and John Grisham. He also pens the critically acclaimed Solomon vs. Lord legal capers. His newest novel, Midnight Burning, opens the Einstein-Chaplin historical thrillers. A member of Penn State’s Society of Distinguished Alumni and a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, Levine lives in Santa Barbara, California.