Lawyers in Fiction

The words "Lawyers in Fiction: The Poe Shadow" superimposed over a statue of Edgar Allan Poe that is near Boston Common. Photo credit: L. Tripoli.

The Poe Shadow: Matthew Pearl’s Suspenseful Novel about Edgar Allan Poe’s Demise


Where the Light Falls, by siblings Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki, carries lessons on due process that are pertinent today. #LawyersMakeHistory

Where the Light Falls: Pataki Siblings’ Historical Novel on the French Revolution

Readers drawn to Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki’s novel about the French revolution, Where the Light Falls (Dial Press 2017), might pick up a copy while being wholly unaware that one of its main characters…