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Lia Matera
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Lia Matera

Lia Matera is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law, where she was editor in chief of the Constitutional Law Quarterly. She was also a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School before becoming a full-time writer of legal mysteries. Prior Convictions and A Radical Departure were nominated for Edgar Allan Poe awards. The Good Fight and Where Lawyers Fear to Tread were nominated for Anthony and Macavity Awards. She has written nine novels, including the critically acclaimed Face Value. Matera lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Biography
Lia Matera is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law, where she

was editor in chief of the Constitutional Law Quarterly. She was

also a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School before becoming a full-time

writer of legal mysteries. Prior Convictions and A Radical

Departure

were nominated for Edgar Allan Poe awards. The Good

Fight

 and Where Lawyers Fear to Tread were nominated for Anthony

and Macavity Awards. She has written nine novels, including the critically

acclaimed Face Value. Matera lives in Santa Cruz, California.