Avery Duff was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he attended Baylor School and graduated summa cum laude. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he earned a JD from Georgetown University Law Center. He then joined a prestigious Tennessee law firm, where he became a partner in five years, before moving to Los Angeles. Duff’s screenwriting credits include the 2010 heist drama Takers, starring Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, and Zoe Saldana. He is the author of two previous books in the Beach Lawyer series, Beach Lawyer, an Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold Book, and The Boardwalk Trust, a bestselling legal thriller.
