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Phillip Margolin (born in 1944 in New York, New York) is a writer of legal thrillers. ==Biography== Phillip Margolin was born in New York City in 1944.〔(Crimezone interview from 2004 (in Dutch) )〕 After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, from American University in Washington, D.C.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.aeispeakers.com/print.php?SpeakerID=1673 )〕 he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967.〔(Barnes and Noble interview from 2003 )〕 He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1970,〔(Barnes and Noble page )〕 and has worked for 25 years as a criminal defense attorney, an occupation of choice inspired by the ''Perry Mason'' books.〔 He started to work in 1970 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.〔(Authorsontheweb page on Margolin )〕 He published his first story, a short story titled "The Girl in the Yellow Bikini", in 1974, and became a full-time writer in 1996. He has written 12 books as of January 2007. He lists as his favourite writer Joseph Conrad, and among his favourite books ''War and Peace'' by Leo Tolstoy and ''Stone City'' by Mitchell Smith.〔 Philip Margolin was married to Doreen Stamm in 1968. They had two children, Ami and Daniel. Doreen, also a defense attorney, died from cancer in January 2007.〔 Phillip Margolin is also the president of Chess for Success, a non-profit organisation "dedicated to helping children develop skills necessary for success in school and life by learning chess".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=19 November 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phillip Margolin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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