His father, Ernest Martini, was a rancher, managing and owning farms throughout California during his lifetime. Martini’s parents moved to Los Angeles County, California in 1956.
Steve Martini was born on February 28, 1946, in San Francisco, and grew up in the Bay Area and Southern California. Martini is part of a large extended Italian-American family, some of which reach back four generations in California. His latest book, Trader of Secrets, is the third in his “Trilogy of Terror.” Steve is the New York Times best-selling author of over 15 novels, 12 of them in his Paul Madriani series. Steve Martini is an American writer and novelist who writes in the genre of legal novels. Other novels by Martini include The Jury, The Arraignment, Double Tap, Shadow of Power, Guardian of Lies, The Rule of Nine, and Trader of Secrets. It was a topic to which Martini would return in later years. Critical Mass addressed issues of terrorism and the threat from weapons of mass destruction two years before the events of 9/11. Critical Mass, his next novel published in 1998, continued the departure from the courtroom as well as the Madriani series, though it involved a lawyer protagonist and was well within the legal-thriller genre. The List, published in 1997, a novel and thriller about the commercial book publishing industry, was the first Martini novel to depart from the series characters since the author reached the best sellers list. It was followed quickly by New York Times bestsellers Prime Witness, Undue Influence, The Judge, and The Attorney, each featuring the series character Madriani and his contrarian and irrepressible law partner, Harry Hinds.
A national bestseller, the novel earned Martini a critical and popular following. Compelling Evidence, his second novel, introduced his series character, attorney Paul Madriani, and was published by G.P. His first attempt at a novel, The Simeon Chamber, was represented by an agent and sold to the New York publisher D.I.
A national bestseller, that novel earned Martini a critical and popular following. Compelling Evidence, the novel that introduced attorney Paul Madriani, was published by Putnam in 1992. In 1984, Martini turned his talents to fiction. During his law career, he worked as a legislative representative for the State Bar of California, served as special counsel to the California Victims of Violent Crimes Program, and was an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer. In 1974 he entered private law practice in California where he appeared in both state and federal courts. Steve Martini worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and as a correspondent at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, specializing in legal issues.
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