Occupation Lawyer, author Parents Mary Scottoline Role Author | Name Lisa Scottoline Nationality American | |
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Born July 1, 1955 (age 69) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. ( 1955-07-01 ) Alma mater University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School Awards Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Books Look Again, Keep Quiet, Accused, Don't Go, Come Home |
Lisa scottoline 2009 national book festival
Lisa Scottoline ( /skɑtəˈlean/) (born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers.
Contents
- Lisa scottoline 2009 national book festival
- Lisa scottoline 2015 national book festival
- Life
- Rosato Associates
- Rosato DiNunzio Novels
- Standalone fiction
- Serial novels contributed to
- Nonfiction
- References

Lisa scottoline 2015 national book festival
Life

Born in Philadelphia, Scottoline earned a B.A. in English magna cum laude (in three years) from the University of Pennsylvania, 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 the Dechert firm 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 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 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.
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.
List incomplete. Please refer to www.scottoline.com for a complete list of books.
Rosato & DiNunzio Novels
- Accused: A Rosato & Associates Novel. St. Martin's Press. 29 October 2013. ISBN 978-1-250-02765-8.
- Betrayed: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel. St. Martin's Press. 25 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-250-02768-9.
- Corrupted: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel. St. Martin's Press, 10 October 2015, ISBN 978-1-250-02793-1
- Damaged: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel. St. Martin's Press. 16 August 2016. ISBN 978-1-250-09962-4.
- Exposed: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel. St. Martin's Press. 15 August 2017. ISBN 978-1-250-09971-6.
Standalone fiction
Appeared in the 2007 Reader's Digest Select Editions Volume 294 - #6.