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Reid Winslow was born on the East Coast, growing up in Brooklyn before it was considered chic. After law school, he landed a position as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City. In the late 1980s, he tried what was one of the first cases of its kind — then referred to as “computer trespass” — in which defendants accessed the state payroll computer and generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime. After their conviction, the New York Daily News captured the moment perfectly with the headline: “Doing Time for Overtime.”
Seeking a change of scenery, Winslow migrated west to the beautiful Pacific Northwest, where he continued to build a distinguished career as a trial lawyer. Over more than three decades of practice, he became an acute observer of the human condition, regularly encountering people at their very best and their absolute worst. The raw material of human drama — ambition, desperation, courage, and moral failure — filled his notebooks long before it filled his novels.
It turned out the courtroom wasn’t the only stage that suited him. Winslow also carved out a career as a radio personality, bringing his sharp legal mind and natural storytelling instincts to the airwaves. He worked in FM radio before going on to host LawTalk, a talk show that gave everyday listeners a window into the legal world — demystifying the law, dissecting real cases, and fielding the kinds of questions most people are afraid to ask their own attorneys. His ability to make complex legal concepts accessible and entertaining made him a natural on air, and LawTalk earned a loyal following among listeners who came to trust his plain-spoken, no-nonsense approach to justice.
That experience eventually found its voice on the page as well. His debut novel, The Dead Bell, was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the 1,000 best independent books of 2022, which praised it as “a fabulous, well-researched whodunit.” Bestselling author Phil Margolin said of it: “This excellent debut does not disappoint.”
His second novel, Risk Management, is a taut literary thriller that blends psychological insight with courtroom drama and a touch of romance. Drawing on his legal background and his lifelong study of human nature, Winslow crafts stories that feel both intimately real and compulsively readable. His third novel, The Twig Is Bent, is currently in progress — and by all indications, it promises to be his most ambitious work yet.
Beyond the written word, Winslow is driven by causes close to his heart. He is a passionate advocate for the autism community, committed to raising awareness, fostering understanding, and championing the rights and potential of those on the spectrum. He is equally devoted to the cause of literacy, believing that access to books and the ability to read are among the most powerful tools a person can possess. Both passions speak to a man who has spent a lifetime fighting for those who need a voice — whether in a courtroom, on the airwaves, or on the page.
When he’s not writing, Winslow tends to a life that is as richly layered as his fiction. He is an orchardist, beekeeper, homesteader, and photographer, embracing the rhythms of rural life in the Inland Northwest, where he lives with his wife and their two cats, Boris and Natasha.
As for lawyer jokes — he doesn’t find them funny. His standard response: the next time someone gets arrested, they should go ahead and call a comedian.
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