Facts:   - genre: legal thriller      - birth date: 1944    - name: phillip margolin    - nationality: usa    - image: phillip margolin cut.jpg    - birth place: new york city , new york    - occupation: novelist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phillip margolin .
Answer:
phillip margolin -lrb- born in 1944 in new york , new york -rrb- is a writer of legal thrillers .