Paul Levine is a former trial lawyer and an award-winning author of legal thrillers, including "Solomon vs. Lord "(nominated for the Macavity award and the James Thurber prize), "The Deep Blue Alibi" (nominated for an Edgar Award), and "Kill All the Lawyers" (a finalist for the International Thriller Writers award). He won the John D. MacDonald award for his critically acclaimed Jake Lassiter novels, which are now available as e-books. The most recent of the series, "Lassiter," is now available in hardcover and as an e-book from Random House. He also wrote more than twenty episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG," which inspired the writing of "Ballistic." http: //www.paul-levine.com