'I did my first book signing in a police custody suite'
Summary
Steve Cavanagh is a Northern Irish writer and former lawyer who creates crime novels. He uses his experience as a lawyer, where skills like persuasion and misdirection are important, to inspire his fictional character Eddie Flynn, a conman turned lawyer.Key Facts
- Steve Cavanagh was a practicing lawyer before becoming a crime writer.
- He realized during a trial that lawyering and con artistry share similar skills such as persuasion and manipulation.
- Cavanagh's main book character, Eddie Flynn, is a former conman who becomes a lawyer in New York.
- He has written ten novels in the Eddie Flynn series and several standalone thrillers.
- Cavanagh sold over five million books worldwide and appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
- His first book, The Defence, won awards but had modest sales at first.
- The novel Thirteen boosted his career with a popular tagline about a serial killer on the jury.
- Cavanagh quit law in 2019 to focus entirely on writing.
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