Paul Levine

Paul J. Levine (born January 9, 1948) is an American author of crime fiction, particularly legal thrillers. Levine has written twenty-four mystery novels which include three series of books known by the names of the protagonists. The Jake Lassiter series follows the former football player turned Miami lawyer in a series of fifteen books beginning with To Speak for the Dead in 1990 and the latest, Early Grave, published in 2022. Levine's other two series of books are the four-book Solomon vs. Lord series published in the mid-2000s and a series which began with Midnight Burning (2025), based on the historical friendship between Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.

Levine has also written four stand-alone novels and twenty episodes of the television drama series JAG. With JAG executive producer Don Bellisario, he also created and produced First Monday, a 2002 CBS series inspired by one of Levine's novels.

Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Levine graduated from Pennsylvania State University and was a reporter for the Miami Herald early in his career. He then graduated from the University of Miami School of Law and was an attorney in Florida for 17 years before becoming an author.