A movie adaptation of Turow's bestselling book Presumed Innocent was made in 1990. The 127-minute movie starred Harrison Ford and was rated R. Its tagline was "It's always dangerous to presume."

Scott Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American novelist and author, as well as a practicing lawyer. Turow has written eight fiction and two nonfiction books, which have been translated into over 20 languages and have sold over 25 million copies. Movies have been based on several of his books. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Tagline: Sometimes its dangerous to presume. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... This is a list of novelists from the United States. ... Cosette Dwyer is an amazing author. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ...

Biography

Turow was born in Chicago, attended New Trier High School, and graduated from Amherst College in 1970. He received an Edith Mirrielees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, where he attended from 1970 to 1972. In 1971, he married Annette Turow, a painter. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Amherst College is a private, independent, elite[1][2] liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...

Turow later became a lecturer at Stanford, serving until 1975, when he entered Harvard Law School. In 1977, Turow wrote One L, a book about his first year at law school. After earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1978, Turow became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago, serving in that position until 1986. There he prosecuted several high-profile corruption cases, including the tax fraud case of state Attorney General William Scott. Turow also was lead counsel in Operation Greylord, the federal prosecution of Illinois judicial corruption cases. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Harvard Law School, often referred to in shorthand as Harvard Law or HLS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Doctor of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Juris Doctor (abbreviated J.D. or JD, from the Latin, Doctor of Law) is a professional degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Operation Greylord was an FBI investigation of judicial corruption in Cook County, Illinois, in the 1980s. ...

After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, Turow became a novelist, writing his famous legal thrillers, including The Burden of Proof, Presumed Innocent, Pleading Guilty, and Personal Injuries, which Time Magazine named as the Best Fiction Novel of 1999. All four became bestsellers, and Turow won multiple literary awards, most notably the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers. In 1990, Turow was featured on the June 11 cover of Time magazine, which described him as the "Bard of the Litigious Age." A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... A pocket watch, a device used to tell time Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Turow was the president of the Authors Guild from 1997 to 1998 and continues to serve on its board. During the same two-year period, Turow was a member of the U.S. Senate Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois, which recommends federal judicial appointments. Authors Guild is a 86-year-old (as of September 2005) professional group for published writers. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... A federal judge is a judge appointed in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. ...

Turow is a partner of the Chicago law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Turow works pro bono in most of his cases, including a 1995 case where he won the release of Alejandro Hernandez, who had spent 11 years on death row for a murder he did not commit. He was also appointed to the commission considering the reform of the Illinois death penalty by former Governor George Ryan and is currently a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board. He and his wife Annette divorced in early 2007 with three grown children. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of Governors of Illinois. ... George Ryan George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. ...

Books

One L, 1977 This image is a book cover. ...	Presumed Innocent, 1987 This image is a book cover. ... Tagline: Sometimes its dangerous to presume. ...	The Burden of Proof, 1990 This image is a book cover. ...	Pleading Guilty, 1993 This image is a book cover. ...
The Laws of Our Fathers, 1996 This image is a book cover. ...	Personal Injuries, 1999 This image is a book cover. ...	Reversible Errors, 2002 This image is a book cover. ...	Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty, 2003 This image is a book cover. ...
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See also

• List of bestselling novels in the United States

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External links

• Official website
• 1990 audio interview by Don Swaim
• A reading from The Laws of Our Fathers by Scott Turow