Paul Levine
Paul J. Levine (born January 9, 1948) is an American author of
crime fiction, particularly
legal thrillers. Levine has written 22 mystery novels which include two series of books known by the names of the protagonists. The ''Jake Lassiter'' series follows the former football player turned Miami lawyer in a series of fourteen books published over a thirty-year span beginning in 1990. The four-book ''Solomon vs. Lord'' series published in the mid-2000s features Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, a pair of bickering Miami attorneys who were rivals before they became law partners and lovers. Levine has also written four stand-alone novels and 20 episodes of the television drama series ''
JAG''. With ''JAG'' executive producer
Don Bellisario, he also created and produced ''
First Monday'', a 2002
CBS series inspired by one of Levine's novels.
Born in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Levine graduated from
Pennsylvania State University and was a reporter for the ''
Miami Herald'' early in his career. He then graduated from the
University of Miami School of Law and was an attorney in Florida for 17 years before becoming an author.
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