The author of 22 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. To Speak for the Dead, a Jake Lassiter thriller, was his debut novel. He is also the author of the “Solomon vs. Lord” series. His latest novel is Cheater’s Game, in which Lassiter tackles the college admissions scandal.