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William Deverell was born in 1937 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He put himself through law school by working as a journalist for the Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, and Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Deverell served as counsel for over a thousand criminal cases and is a founding director and former president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. He created the television series, Street Legal, and has written screenplays and radio plays. Deverell lives on Pender Island, British Columbia. For more information, visit his official site.

Books by William Deverell

	1979 Needles	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1981 High Crimes	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1983 Mecca	Biblio.com
	1984 The Dance of Shiva	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1987 Platinum Blues	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1989 Mindfield	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1990 Fatal Cruise: The Trial of Robert Frisbee (nonfiction, also published as A Life on Trial: The Case of Robert Frisbee)	Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1994 Kill All the Lawyers	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Street Legal: The Betrayal	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1997 Trial of Passion	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1999 Slander	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2001 The Laughing Falcon	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 Mind Games	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2005 April Fool	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2008 Kill All the Judges	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2009 Snow Job	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Arthur Ellis Award: Novel
  • 1998 – Trial of Passion – Winner
  • 2000 – Slander – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – The Laughing Falcon – Shortlisted
  • 2006 – April Fool – Winner

• Leacock Medal for Humour
  • 2009 – Kill All the Judges – Shortlisted
  • 2010 – Snow Job – Shortlisted

Added 03 May 2006.
Updated 02 April 2010.