Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottolineis an American author of legal thrillers. According to her website, her last name is pronounced as if it rhymes with fettucine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 July 1955
CountryUnited States of America
rude listening knows
Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?
romance snickers bars
It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.
matter
I read, therefore, I matter.
morning decision littles
Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?
smart book heart
The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.
iron wrinkles interesting
Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.
mom long-ago honor
Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.
friends true-friend love-you
My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love.
hate thinking judging
Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.
men substance should
Testosterone should be a controlled substance.
real cities philadelphia
I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. Weve always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.
jobs book thinking
I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.
heart feet middle
Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.
character writing philadelphia
You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.