Author

Books by Scott Turow

Scott Turow is an American author and attorney who has practiced law in Chicago for more than four decades, including as a federal prosecutor. He wrote Presumed Innocent while commuting by train and published it in 1987 to instant critical and commercial success, essentially inventing the serious literary legal thriller as a genre. His subsequent novels include The Burden of Proof, Pleading Guilty, Personal Injuries, and Innocent, a sequel to Presumed Innocent published in 2010. He has also written about his own experiences in the legal system, including One L, a memoir of his first year at Harvard Law School.