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.

Lawyer Writers, Lawyers in Fiction January 2, 2020

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

The death of author Edgar Allan Poe in 1849 remains shrouded in mystery. Historical novelist and lawyer-writer Matthew Pearl floats some answers in The Poe Shadow (Random House, 2006).

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

Lawyers in Fiction March 19, 2018

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…