He has also co-authored Vanishing Acts (Madison Kincaid Mystery) with his daughter Ami Margolin Rome. Short story in Murder For Revenge: turned into a 13-minute movie in 2006 Only published in Dutch as Rookgordijn, published by Meulenhoff Translated into more than 20 languages, sold over 1.5 million copies, made into a TV mini-series in 2004 by Warner Bros. The novel has been made into a HBO movie starring Ed Harris

Short story in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Phillip Margolin is also the president of Chess for Success, a non-profit organisation 'dedicated to helping children develop skills necessary for success in school and life by learning chess'. Doreen, also an attorney, died from cancer in January 2007. Philip Margolin was married to Doreen Stamm in 1968. He lists as his favourite writer Joseph Conrad, and among his favourite books War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Stone City by Mitchell Smith.

He has written 12 books as of January 2007. He published his first story, a short story titled 'The Girl in the Yellow Bikini', in 1974, and became a full-time writer in 1996. by Phillip Margolin 5 in Series Hardcover 25.19 27.99 QUICK ADD The Third Victim (Robin by Phillip Margolin 1 in Series Paperback 12.99 QUICK ADD The Perfect Alibi (Robin by Phillip Margolin 2 in Series Paperback 9.99 QUICK ADD A Reasonable Doubt (Robin by Phillip Margolin 3 in Series Hardcover 22.49 27. He started to work in 1970 at the Oregon Court of Appeals. He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1970, and has worked for 25 years as a criminal defense attorney, an occupation of choice inspired by the Perry Mason books. in Government in 1965, from American University in Washington, D.C., he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967.

Margolin was born in New York City in 1944. The Associate was published by HarperCollins in August 2001, and Ties that Bind was published by HarperCollins in March 2003. Phillip Margolin (born 1944) is an American writer of legal thrillers. Wild Justice (HarperCollins, September 2000) was a Main Selection of the Literary Guild, a selection of the Book of the Month Club, and was nominated for an Oregon Book Award.

Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin