Just because he makes a living killing people on screen doesn't mean he'd do it in real life. Or does it?
Abi Silver grew up in Leeds in a traditional Jewish family.Watching Granada TV's Crown Court in between lessons inspired her to study Law at Girton College, Cambridge. She worked for international law firms in London before spending five years in Israel, where her husband Daniel was posted. During her time there, as well as raising three sons, she completed an MBA by distance learning, learned Hebrew and pottery on the wheel and began to write fiction, usually late at night.Her first courtroom drama featuring the legal duo Judith Burton and Constance Lamb, The Pinocchio Brief, was published by Lightning Books in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award. Since then she has published five more in the acclaimed series - The Aladdin Trial, The Cinderella Plan, The Rapunzel Act, The Midas Game and The Ambrosia Project. Several have been Sunday Times Crime Club picks.Based in Hertfordshire, she continues to work part-time as a legal consultant.Read more about Abi and her work at www.abisilver.co.uk.
