Women before the bench

Jonnie Jacobs was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a law degree from UC's Boalt Hall School of Law. In addition, she holds graduate degrees in English, from the University of Michigan, and in counseling, from California State University. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and has served on the Edgar awards committee. She is a frequent lecturer on both the craft of wri...

Linda Fairstein is a former prosecutor and author of the popular Alexandra Cooper mystery series. Her latest novel, Face Off, continues her tradition of thrilling legal suspense.

Mr. Kahn has over forty years of experience as a trial lawyer. Since 2022, Mr. Kahn has been practicing in the Law Office of Michael A. Kahn in Napa, California. He was Senior Partner at Folger Levin & Kahn LLP in San Francisco, California, from 1979-2009, and Senior Counsel at Crowell & Moring LLP in San Francisco, California, from 2009-2022. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-a-kahn-740b83240]

Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name of the authors Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy, sisters who live in Northern California. Pamela, a Harvard Law School graduate, was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. (Source: Wikipedia)

Cannon graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1970 and received her Master of Arts in Teaching from it in 1971. She has worked a multitude of odd jobs from carnival barker to professional feminist but then decided to devote her career to writing. Her work includes both series and standalone mysteries, an Academy Award-nominated short film, and Convictions: A Novel of the Sixties. Her books have been finalists for Best Novel in the Agatha, Macavity, Left...