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Trial attorney Randy Singer has written more than 10 legal thrillers. He was recently a finalist, along with John Grisham and Michael Connelly, for the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, sponsored by Alabama Law School and the ABA Journal. Singer runs his own law practice and serves as teaching pastor for Trinity Church in Virginia Beach, Va. He calls it his "Jekyll and Hyde thing: part lawyer, part pastor." He also teaches at Regent University Law School. His most recent book is Dead Lawyers Tell No Tales, published by Tyndale House on May 1, 2013.
On your nightstand now:
Imperium by Robert Harris.
Favorite book when you were a child:
Walt Disney's Peter Pan.
Your top five authors:
Richard North Patterson, C.S. Lewis, John Grisham, Scott Turow, Ann Wroe.
Book you've faked reading:
Anything written by Hemingway.
Book you're an evangelist for:
The Big Short by Michael Lewis.
Book you've bought for the cover:
I don't really buy books for the cover.
Book that changed your life:
The Bible. Sounds clichéd but it's not. Also loved A Time to Kill by John Grisham. It inspired me as a lawyer and an author.
Favorite line from a book:
"Martyrs know the truth and, by dying for it, proclaim how strong it is." --from Pontius Pilate by Ann Wroe.
Book you most want to read again for the first time:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Name of your first dog:
Vincent LaGuardia "Vinny" Gambini, named after Joe Pesci's character in My Cousin Vinny.
Most embarrassing moment as an author:
Winning an award for my first book and promptly thanking the wrong publisher in my acceptance speech. And, no, I am not still with them.