About the Author

A native Chicagoan, M.J. Polelle is an emeritus professor of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he practiced civil litigation in Chicago before joining the faculty of De Paul University College of Law and then the UIC-School of Law. He taught a comparative law course in Parma, Italy and served as a Special Assistant State’s Attorney for several years. His first novel, The Mithras Conspiracy (Lido Press: 2019), a history-based mystery, was a 2020 finalist in both the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and Royal Palm Literary Awards of the Florida Writers Association. It also earned an IndieBRAG Medallion for placing in the top tier of reviewed novels. He did original research in Rome, Italy concerning the Mithras cult. His second novel, American Conspiracy (Lido Press: 2021), a political thriller, drew on his years as a lawyer, a professor of constitutional law, and the fateful presidential election of 2016. M.J. Polelle lives now with his wife, Donna, in Sarasota, Florida.