Scott Turow

Novelist

Birthday April 12, 1949

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 74 years old

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About

An American author, he is best known for The Burden of Proof (1990), Presumed Innocent (1987), Pleading Guilty (1993), and other novels. Several of his bestselling works have been adapted into films.

Before Fame

He graduated from Amherst College in 1970 and subsequently earned a creative writing fellowship to attend Stanford University. He began law school at Harvard in 1975.

Trivia

His books have been translated into over 20 languages and have sold more than 25 million copies.

Family Life

He grew up in Chicago in a family of Russian-Jewish descent. He was married to artist Annette Weisberg from 1971 until 2006.

Associated With

He and Mary Pope Osborne both held terms as President of the Authors Guild.