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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.

Books by William Deverell

	1979 Needles
	1981 High Crimes
	1983 Mecca
	1984 The Dance of Shiva
	1987 Platinum Blues
	1989 Mindfield
	1990 Fatal Cruise: The Trial of Robert Frisbee (nonfiction, also published as A Life on Trial: The Case of Robert Frisbee)
	1994 Kill All the Lawyers
	1995 Street Legal: The Betrayal
	1997 Trial of Passion
	1999 Slander
	2001 The Laughing Falcon
	2003 Mind Games
	2005 April Fool
	2008 Kill All the Judges
	2009 Snow Job
	2010 I'll See You in My Dreams
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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
  • 2012 – I'll See You in My Dreams – Shortlisted

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

Links

• Official site

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Added 03 May 2006.
Updated 18 August 2013.