A former journalist, folksinger and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the New York Times, the Times of London, Italy's Corriere della Sera, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Los Angeles Times. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages.

The author of thirty novels, two collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, he's received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world. His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers a.s.sociation, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller The Broken Window and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. He has been awarded the Steel Dagger and the Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' a.s.sociation and the Nero Wolfe Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Readers Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. The Cold Moon was recently named the Book of the Year by the Mystery Writers a.s.sociation of j.a.pan, as well as by Kono Mystery Wa Sugoi magazine. In addition, the j.a.panese Adventure Fiction a.s.sociation awarded The Cold Moon and Carte Blanche their annual Grand Prix award.

His most recent novels are XO, a Kathryn Dance thriller, for which he wrote an alb.u.m of country-western songs, available on iTunes and as a CD; and before that, Carte Blanche, the latest James Bond continuation novel, a number-one international bestseller.

Deaver has been nominated for seven Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony Award and a Gumshoe Award. He was recently shortlisted for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Best International Author.

His book A Maiden's Grave was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel The Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. And, yes, the rumors are true; he did appear as a corrupt reporter on his favorite soap opera, As the World Turns.

He was born outside Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University.

Readers can visit his website at www.jefferydeaver.com.

Also by Jeffery Deaver.

Ice Cold (Short stories, co-editor and contributor).

Triple Threat (Short stories).

XO*/**

XO: The Alb.u.m (Music CD of original songs).

Carte Blanche, a James Bond Novel.

Edge.

The Burning Wire*

Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Editor).

The Watch List (The Copper Bracelet and The Chopin Ma.n.u.script) (Contributor).

Roadside Crosses**

The Bodies Left Behind.

The Broken Window*

The Sleeping Doll**

More Twisted: Collected Stories, Volume Two.

The Cold Moon*/**.

The Twelfth Card*

Garden of Beasts.

Twisted: Collected Stories.

The Vanished Man*

The Stone Monkey*

The Blue Nowhere The Empty Chair*

Speaking in Tongues.

The Devil's Teardrop The Coffin Dancer*

The Bone Collector*

A Maiden's Grave.

Praying for Sleep The Lesson of Her Death Mistress of Justice Hard News.

Death of a Blue Movie Star Manhattan Is My Beat h.e.l.l's Kitchen.

b.l.o.o.d.y River Blues Shallow Graves.

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (Editor).

A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (Editor).

Mary Sh.e.l.ley's Frankenstein (Introduction).

*Featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.

**Featuring Kathryn Dance.

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