Bonnie MacDougal is a trial lawyer who practiced for sixteen years in major law firms across the country. Born in suburban Philadelphia, she received her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College, magna cum laude with Honors in English literature, and her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a moot-court champion and held a fellowship in legal writing. Her law career took her to Anchorage, Alaska, and Little Rock, Arkansas (where she was one of the few lawyers ever to practice law with Bill Clinton), before she returned to Philadelphia. She joined Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, a prestigious law firm with more than 200 lawyers, where she developed an expertise in complex litigation and tried a number of high-profile lawsuits. Although her novels are works of fiction, they were inspired by actual cases in which she was involved. Bonnie is now engaged as a full-time author, although she remains involved in litigation on an occasional consulting basis. She lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and two daughters.