embassy Information
Embassy Event
Scott Turow’s Conference
April 29, 2007
“SCOTT TUROW TALKS ABOUT MYSTERY NOVELS: PROVIDING THE ANSWERS THAT LIFE OR THE COURTROOM CANNOT”
The U.S. Embassy sponsored the visit of U.S. author Scott Turow as part of its activities at the 33rd Buenos Aires International Book Fair. Mr. Turow spoke at the Fair on April 29 on the topic of mystery novels and his career as a writer.
Mr. Turow is the author of seven best-selling novels: Presumed Innocent (1987), The Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), The Laws of Our Fathers (1996), Personal Injuries (1999), Reversible Errors (2002) and Ordinary Heroes (2005). In November, 2006, Picador published his latest novel, Limitations, which was originally commissioned and published by The New York Times Magazine. He has also written two non-fiction books—One L (1977) about his experience as a law student, and Ultimate Punishment (2003), a reflection on the death penalty.
Mr. Turow has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Playboy and The Atlantic. Mr. Turow’s books have won a number of literary awards, including the Heartland Prize in 2003 for Reversible Errors and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 2004 for Ultimate Punishment. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and have sold more than 25 million copies world-wide, including in Argentina.