William Lashner (born 1956) is an American

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who formerly worked as a trial lawyer. He is a graduate of

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and the

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at the

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. He has served as trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Justice Department. He lives with his family outside of

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. His novels include, ''Hostile Witness'' (1995); ''Bitter Truth'' (1997) aka ''Veritas''; ''Fatal Flaw'' (2003); ''Past Due'' (2004); ''Falls the Shadow'' (2005); ''Marked Man'' (2007); '' Kockroach'' (as "Tyler Knox", 2007);William Lashner’s Metamorphosis
by Rob Hart, at ChuckPalahniuk.net; published March 1, 2010; retrieved March 11, 2015 ''A Killer's Kiss'' (2008); and ''Blood and Bone'' (2009).

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