Lisa Scottoline is a New York Times bestselling author, a winner of the Edgar Award and a former trial lawyer. She has served as the Leo Goodwin Senior Professor of Law and Popular Culture at Nova Southeastern Law School, and her novels are used by bar associations for the ethical issues they present. Lisa's best-selling novels, set in Philadelphia and featuring the all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, have thrilled and entertained readers while succeeding in the near impossible... adding humor to the legal system. USA Today hails her writing as "sharp, intelligent, funny, and hip" and says that she "gives fans of legal thrillers a good, twisty plot, lively characters, and an all-round fun read." She lives with her family in the Philadelphia area.