William Bernhardt is the author of fifteen books, including Primary Justice, Perfect Justice, Double Jeopardy, Naked Justice—which led Library Journal to dub the author “master of the courtroom drama”—Silent Justice, and Murder One. He has twice won the Oklahoma Book Award for Best Fiction, and in 2000 he was presented the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award “in recognition of an outstanding body of work that has profoundly influenced the way in which we understand ourselves and American society at large.” A former trial attorney, Bernhardt has received several awards for his public service. He lives in Tulsa with his wife, Kirsten, and their children, Harry, Alice, and Ralph.