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Alafair Burke
American novelist and legal scholar (b.1969)
Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPDDetective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid.[1] Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Background
Burke was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, where her mother, Pearl Pai Chu,[2] was a school librarian and her father, fellow crime novelistJames Lee Burke,[3] was a professor of English.
She traces her fascination with crime to the hunt for the serial killer known as BTK, who was active in Wichita during the 1970s.[4]
Burke received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, co