Northern Irish · b. 1975
Steve Cavanagh is a Northern Irish author and criminal defence lawyer, born in Belfast in 1975. He trained as a solicitor and worked in civil rights law, handling cases that involved miscarriages of justice, before turning to fiction full time. His first novel, The Defence, introduced Eddie Flynn, a former con artist turned New York lawyer, and the Eddie Flynn series now runs to many books, including Thirteen, Fifty-Fifty and The Plot. Thirteen won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in 2019 and became an international bestseller. He has also written stand-alone thrillers such as Kill For Me, Die For Me and Fifty-Fifty, and his books have been translated into dozens of languages. Cavanagh writes fast, twisty legal thrillers with short chapters and strong hooks, and his courtroom scenes draw on his own legal training. He lives in Dublin and has hosted a podcast and a series of author events for readers of crime fiction.