Novelist Lisa Scottoline, 'Killer Smile' Lisa Scottoline's Killer Smile was inspired by a secret in her family's past: Her immigrant-Italian grandparents were listed as "enemy aliens" during World War II, and the FBI raided their house. But her grandparents did nothing wrong and were never accused of anything.

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Novelist Lisa Scottoline, 'Killer Smile'

August 9, 200412:00 AM ET

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Novelist Lisa Scottoline, 'Killer Smile'

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Lisa Scottoline's Killer Smile was inspired by a secret in her family's past: Her immigrant-Italian grandparents were listed as "enemy aliens" during World War II, and the FBI raided their house. But her grandparents did nothing wrong and were never accused of anything.