GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Sheldon Siegel

Sheldon Siegel is the New York Times best-selling author of the critically

acclaimed legal thriller series featuring San Francisco criminal defense

attorneys Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, two of the most beloved

characters in contemporary crime fiction. He is also the author of the thriller

novel The Terrorist Next Door featuring Chicago homicide detectives David

Gold and A.C. Battle. His books have been translated into a dozen languages

and sold millions of copies worldwide.

A native of Chicago, Sheldon earned his undergraduate degree from the

University of Illinois in Champaign in 1980, and his law degree from the Boalt

Hall School of Law at the University of California-Berkeley in 1983. He

specializes in corporate and securities law with the San Francisco office of

the international law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.

Sheldon began writing his first book, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, on a

laptop computer during his daily commute on the ferry from Marin County to

San Francisco. A frequent speaker and sought-after teacher, Sheldon is a

San Francisco Library Literary Laureate, a member of the national Board of

Directors and the President of the Northern California chapter of the Mystery

Writers of America, and an active member of the International Thriller Writers

and Sisters in Crime. His work has been displayed at the Bancroft Library at

the University of California at Berkeley, and he has been recognized as a

Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Illinois and a Northern California

Super Lawyer.

Sheldon lives in the San Francisco area with his wife, Linda, and their twin

sons, Alan and Stephen. He is a lifelong fan of the Chicago Bears, White Sox,

https://www.sheldonsiegel.com/wp/