Scott Turow is the author of eleven bestselling novels, including Testimony, Ordinary Heroes, The Burden of Proof, Innocent and Presumed Innocent, and two works of non-fiction. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects.

He has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Mr Turow has been a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, a national law firm, since 1986, concentrating on criminal defence.