Bodily harm robert dugoni biography

by Paula Gail Benson

Many descriptions apply to New York Times bestselling novelist Robert Dugoni. In addition to being the author of such fast paced legal thrillers as The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, and Murder One, he has worked as a reporter, actor, and attorney. He brings his knowledge from previous occupations to his writing, but he also brings something else: an uncanny ability for creating characters and placing them in realistic, thought-provoking situations.

You don’t have to look very far to understand some of Robert’s inspiration. He grew up with nine brothers and sisters and a mother who encouraged him to read. But, his father’s significance had a lingering effect, clearly noticeable in all he writes, whether in books or articles, or in comments on his website or Facebook. Robert adored his dad, and that relationship has led him to be a wonderful husband and father.

In his acknowledgements in Bodily Harm, Robert wrote, “I always said [my father] should have been a writer because he lived his life by the writer’s mantra–show, don’t tell.” Robert mentions never remembering his father lecturing, but demonstrating how one should behave by example. Robert continues in the acknowledgements, “I wouldn’t be writing books had it not been for my father. His only goal in life, it seemed, was to give his children every chance to follow their dreams. This is mine. I owe him and my mother my career.”

On his website, you can read Robert’s account of “Saying Goodbye” to his father, how he was able to go home to spend the last three days with his father before his father passed away from cancer in 2008, on Father’s Day. In an April 18, 2013 online interview, he told Cassandra Overby the lesson he learned on the day his father died. “From that moment on, I decided that it was more importa

New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Dugoni was born in Pocatello, Idaho and raised in Burlingame, California. Growing up the middle child in a family of ten siblings, Robert jokes that he didn't get much of a chance to talk, so he wrote. By the seventh grade he knew he wanted to be a writer.Robert wrote his way to Stanford University where he majored in communications/journalism and creative writing. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and worked briefly as a reporter before deciding to attend the UCLA law school. Robert practiced law full-time in San Francisco as a partner at the law firm, and still practices as counsel for a law firm in Seattle.In 1999 he made the decision to quit the full-time practice of law to write novels and settled in Seattle to pursue his dream. In the next three years, he completed three novels, two of which won the 1999 and 2000 Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Literary Contests.His debut novel, The Jury Master became a New York Times bestseller. Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine chose it as one of three "Best of the Best" debut novels of 2006. The Seattle Times and Library Journal have likened Robert to a young John Grisham, calling The Jury Master, "A riveting tale of murder, skullduggery and treachery at the highest level." Robert’s second novel, Damage Control, reached number 8 on several national independent booksellers’ lists. Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal called Damage Control "a page turner" with "a fast moving plot and a few twists that will surprise even seasoned thriller readers."Wrongful Death, Robert’s sequel to The Jury Master has also received critical acclaim. Mysterious Reviews touted Wrongful Death as "among the best books to be published this year." Kirkus called it, "An entertaining thriller about a hotshot lawyer with good guys to like, villains to hiss, and windmills to attack." And Booklist wrote, "Mixing the suspense of a Grisham legal thriller with the political an