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Laura Caldwell

Laura Caldwell
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Laura Caldwell

Laura Caldwell, a former civil litigator, is a Scholar in Residence at Loyola Law School where she is also an award-winning law professor. Caldwell's first book, Burning the Map, was selected by Barnes & Noble.com as one of The Best of 2002. Following that, A Clean Slate received a starred review from Booklist. Caldwell began publishing thrillers and suspense novels in 2005. Both her debut mystery, Look Closely, and The Rome Affair, the novel that pulled her into the Mosley case, received critical acclaim. Laura's newest, an international thriller called The Good Liar, has been heralded as "a massive achievement." She is published in ten languages and over twenty... Read full bio

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November 19, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
Jul 01, 2009
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New Laura Caldwell book out September 14th
Examiner.com, July 20, 2010
...Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use. Email Address Include other special offers from Examiner.com Author Laura Caldwell, whose nonfiction book "Long Way Home" will be released September 14. Photo: freshfiction.com Chicago author and law professor...
Books: Standing up for the innocent
New Straits Times, April 18, 2010
...Laura Caldwell juggles many roles as a writer, lawyer and professor. But her Life After Innocence Project set up after her defence of a young boy wrongly convicted of a murder...
Literary listings
Chicago Sun-Times, December 28, 2009
...m. at Chicago Public Library McKinley Park Branch, 1915 W. 35th St. JAN. 12 • Marcus Sakey and Laura Caldwell discuss the craft of writing crime fiction, 7 p.m. at the Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan, 22nd Floor. JAN. 13 • Elizabeth Gilbert...
Literary listings
Chicago Sun-Times, November 9, 2009
...journalists, playwrights and other artists. Events will take place every third Monday of the month. NOV. 17 • Laura Caldwell (Red Hot series), Theresa Schwegel (Last Known Address) and Libby Fischer Hellmann (Doubleback) will sign copies of their...
Careers outside the practice of law
Chicago Lawyer, October 3, 2009
...gathering facts, investigating, looking at both sides and putting something together,? she said Former Worker & Power partner Laura Caldwell puts her writing skills to a different use. After working for several different firms in the Chicago area and...
Shamus Award Nominations: Private Eye Writers 2010
Mystery Fanfare, August 12, 2010
...by Raymond Benson (Leisure Books) Sinner’s Ball by Ira Berkowitz (Three Rivers Press) Red Blooded Murder by Laura Caldwell (Mira) Vengeance Road by Rick Mofina (Mira) Body Blows by Marc Strange (Dundurn) Best PI Short Story "The Dark Island" by...
Book Banter -- Red Blooded Murder
Word Nerd, December 21, 2009
...Title: Red Blooded Murder (Izzy McNeil bk 2) Author: Laura Caldwell Genre: mystery Length: 453 pages Where Word Nerd's copy came from: Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Plot Basics: Izzy is trying to piece her life back together after her...
Book Banter -- Red Hot Lies
Word Nerd, December 11, 2009
...Title: Red Hot Lies Author: Laura Caldwell Genre: mystery Length: ~400 pages Where Word Nerd's copy came from: Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Plot Basics: Izzy McNeil is an up-and-coming Chicago attorney for whom life seems...
Book ~ "Red Hot Lies" (2009) Laura Caldwell
It's all about me!, November 5, 2009
...From Amazon ~ Former trial lawyer Caldwell launches a mystery series that weaves the emotional appeal of her chick lit titles with the blinding speed of her thrillers. Young, sassy Izzy McNeil, lead entertainment lawyer at Pickett Enterprises, has earned...
Book ~ "Red Hot Lies" (20095) Laura Caldwell
It's all about me!, November 5, 2009
...From Amazon ~ Former trial lawyer Caldwell launches a mystery series that weaves the emotional appeal of her chick lit titles with the blinding speed of her thrillers. Young, sassy Izzy McNeil, lead entertainment lawyer at Pickett Enterprises, has earned...
Free Audible: A Conversation with Laura Caldwell and Nancy Liem
Palm Discovery.com, October 1, 2009
...s a FREE Audible file that you can download and enjoy. This time, it’s A Conversation with Laura Caldwell and Nancy Liem , the author and narrator of the Izzy McNeil mysteries series. Please keep in mind that the links to the free files were valid...
It's a Red Letter Day for Laura Caldwell
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, September 15, 2009
...the Izzy McNeil mystery series over the course of three summer months, Harlequin 's MIRA division has extended Laura Caldwell a new deal for four more sequels, the first of which should be appearing sometime after September 2010, following the...