The Resume

(April 12, 1949- )
Graduated Harvard Law School
Wrote ‘Presumed Innocent,’ ‘Pleading Guilty’ and ‘Reversible Errors’

Why he might be annoying:

His books can be difficult to follow.
He sets all of his novels in Chicago.
He describes himself as a person of privilege.
He claims that Americans have a visceral attraction to the death penalty.

Why he might not be annoying:

He still practices law despite his success as an author.
He works pro bono.
He has been married for over 30 years.
He has written four best sellers.
He won a reversal for a man who had spent 11 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit.

Credit: Tina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• Celebrity Jeopardy - 2006
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 92)
• I am from Chicago
• I Attended Amherst College
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended New Trier High School [Winnetka, Illinois]
• I Married in 1971
• I Sung 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at Wrigley Field
• Look at Me, Hmmm, I'm Thinking
• Profiles 16001-16250 (Ranked: 16097)
• Rock Bottom Remainders
• Starbucks ‘The Way I See It’ Quotations
• Tina's Profiles [Series 1]
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 5)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 94 Votes: 55.32% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 51 Votes: 49.02% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 106 Votes: 60.38% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 75 Votes: 78.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 98 Votes: 70.41% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 84 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 126 Votes: 65.08% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 49 Votes: 63.27% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 70 Votes: 48.57% Annoying