Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1988) Winner
Scott Turow
スコット・トゥルー
Sukotto Tūrū
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-04-12 （Chicago, Illinois）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Chicago (West Rogers Park) → Winnetka
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Lawyer
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Authors Guild, Dentons
- Memberships
- Alpha Delta Phi, Illinois State Police Merit Board
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | Literature | BA | - | United States |
| Stanford University | — | Creative Writing Center | — | 1970-1972 | United States |
| Harvard Law School | — | Law | JD (cum laude) | 1975-1978 | United States |
Amherst College
Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
-
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
Brother of Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society
Stanford University
Creative Writing Center
Period:
1970-1972
Country:
United States
Edith Mirrielees Fellowship
Harvard Law School
Law
Degree:
JD (cum laude)
Period:
1975-1978
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Jones Lecturer at Stanford prior
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Silver Dagger Award | Presumed Innocent | — | Crime Writers' Association | Winner |
| 1999 | Time Best Fiction Novel | Personal Injuries | — | Time | Winner |
| 2000 | Order of Lincoln | — | Communications | The Lincoln Academy of Illinois | Laureate |
| 2023 | Fuller Award | — | Lifetime Achievement | Chicago Literary Hall of Fame | Winner |
| 2003 | Robert F. Kennedy Book Award | Ultimate Punishment | — | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights | Winner |
Silver Dagger Award
Work:
Presumed Innocent
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
Winner
Time Best Fiction Novel
1999
Work:
Personal Injuries
Organization:
Time
Result:
Winner
Order of Lincoln
2000
Category:
Communications
Organization:
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Result:
Laureate
Fuller Award
2023
Category:
Lifetime Achievement
Organization:
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Result:
Winner
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
2003
Work:
Ultimate Punishment
Organization:
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Anthony Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1991) Winner
Works
Major Works
Presumed Innocent
1987 Legal thrillerA legal thriller set in fictional Kindle County where a prosecutor is accused of murder.
JusticeCourtroomCrime
Adaptations
- [Film] Presumed Innocent / Alan J. Pakula (1990)
- [TV series] Presumed Innocent (2024)
The Burden of Proof
1990 Legal thrillerStory of a lawyer in Kindle County.
CourtroomFamilySecrets
Adaptations
- [Miniseries] The Burden of Proof (1992)
Personal Injuries
1999 Legal thrillerStory of a corrupt investigator.
CorruptionRedemption
Reversible Errors
2002 Legal thrillerStory about a death row inmate's appeal.
Death PenaltyJustice
Adaptations
- [TV film] Reversible Errors (2004)
Bibliography
- Presumed Innocent
- The Burden of Proof
- Pleading Guilty
- The Laws of Our Fathers
- Personal Injuries
- Reversible Errors
- Ordinary Heroes
- Limitations
- Innocent
- Identical
- Testimony
- The Last Trial
- Suspect
- Presumed Guilty
Adaptations
- Presumed Innocent (1990 film)
- The Burden of Proof (1992 miniseries)
- Reversible Errors (2004)
- Innocent (2011)
- Presumed Innocent (2024 TV series)
Translations by Author
- One L (non-fiction)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed courtroom scenesRealistic legal proceduresSuspenseful plots
- Recurring Motifs
- Kindle CountyDilemmas of law and justiceMoral ambiguity
Legacy
American bestselling legal thriller author with over 30 million copies sold, translated into more than 40 languages. Known for novels set in the legal community of fictional Kindle County.
In Popular Culture
- Featured on Time magazine cover
Trivia
- Born to Belarusian Jewish family
- Father was MD
- Credits mother as his beacon