Jeff Cooper is a law professor, lawyer, former presidential candidate, and published author of both fiction and nonfiction. A graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School, and New York University School of Law, he spent much of his career working in the law firms and trust banks fictionalized in his novels. His nonfiction writing has been published in law journals across the country, excerpted in prominent legal casebooks and treatises, and reprinted both in the US and abroad. His debut novel was a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Jeff was born and raised in New York and now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he has served as an elected member of the Representative Town Meeting, a justice of the peace, and a director of several nonprofit organizations. He is married with three children. When he's not teaching or writing, he can be found on the golf course.