Scott Turow
Scott Turow
Scott Frederick Turowis an American author and lawyer. Turow has written nine fiction and two nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Films have been based on several of his books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 April 1949
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
law years firsts
I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess.
suicide odds drug
What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.
people thrillers inventor
People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller.
burden-of-proof burden proof
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.
book movement plot
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.
voice guilds american-writer
The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.
library millions
I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.
lying law novel
All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.
school law careers
The great break of my literary career was going to law school.
judging needs defense
As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help.
real punishment issues
The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever design a capital system that reaches only the "right" cases, without dragging in the wrong cases, cases of innocence or cases where death is not proportionate punishment. Slowly, even reluctantly, I have realized the answer to that question is no- we will never get it right.
writing passion simple
If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to write. The number of people wanting to be novelists is probably not going to decline - but certainly the number of people who are going to be able to make a living as authors is going to dramatically decrease.
law rights goal
The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.
book successful bird
The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.