Judge William C. Whitbeck has a life-long love of reading. He added a passion for politics, public policy, and the law, resulting in a long legal and political career.

After serving as a lawyer in private practice, being a counsel for three Michigan Governors, and serving the last 13 years as a Judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals, he adds author to his titles.

Judge Whitbeck graduated from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He and his wife live in a renovated 1878 historic home near Lansing.

His debut novel is a legal thriller set in Michigan in the 1940s. It is loosely based on a true case of a 1945 murder of a state senator who was set to testify about rampant political corruption.

To Account For Murder was named a 2011 Michigan Notable Book award winner by the Library of Michigan.