Paul Levine achieved widespread acclaim with his first novel, the international bestseller "To Speak for the Dead," in 1990. That book introduced linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter and is now available as an e-book, with all proceeds pledged to cancer treatment and research at Hershey (PA) Children's Hospital.Levine is also the author of "Night Vision," "False Dawn," "Mortal Sin, "Slashback," "Fool Me Twice," and "Flesh & Bones." Those books, all Jake Lassiter novels, are also currently being released as e-books, as is "9 Scorpions," a thriller set at the Supreme Court. That novel inspired for the CBS drama, "First Monday," starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna, and was co-created and co-executive produced by Levine.He won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama “JAG.”He is also the author of the “Solomon vs. Lord” series and the thriller, “Illegal.” His next novel will be “Lassiter,” due in hardcover – and as an e-book – in Fall 2011.