Scott Turow: The Bard of Our Litigious Age
Recommended Outside Event
Scott Turow in conversation with WAMC’s Joe Donahue. At Page Hall — University at Albany Downtown Campus (135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203)
Presented by the NYS Writers Institute. Co-sponsored by the Albany Law School, the New York State Bar Association, and the Historical Society of the New York Courts.
Scott Turow is one of America’s preeminent authors of legal and crime fiction. In 1990, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, which proclaimed him “The Bard of Our Litigious Age.”
A former practicing attorney, Turow is the author of fourteen bestselling works of fiction, beginning with Presumed Innocent (1987), which became the basis of Apple TV’s most-watched drama series in 2024, as well as an acclaimed 1990 film starring Harrison Ford.
Turow’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages, and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. His newest book is Presumed Guilty (2025), the long-anticipated third installment in the “Rusty” Sabich trilogy. Novelist Kristin Hannah called it, “A compelling, unputdownable legal thriller that explores the dark side of justice in a small town and on a fractured family.”