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Jeffery Deaver was born outside of Chicago in 1950. His father was an advertising copywriter and his mother was a homemaker. He has one younger sister who writes novels for teenagers — Julie Reece Deaver.

Deaver wrote his first book — which consisted of two entire chapters — when he was eleven, and he's been writing ever since. An award-winning poet and journalist, he has also written and performed his own songs around the country. After receiving a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Deaver worked as a magazine writer, then, to gain the background needed to become a legal correspondent for The New York Times or Wall Street Journal, he enrolled at Fordham Law School. After graduation he decided to practice law for a time and worked for several years as an attorney for a large Wall Street firm. It was during his long commute to and from the office that he began writing the type of fiction he enjoyed reading: suspense novels. In 1990 he started to write full time.

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The author of twenty-three novels and two collections of short stories, Deaver has been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony award, a Gumshoe Award, and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year. In 2001, he won the W.H. Smith Thumping Good Read Award for his Lincoln Rhyme novel The Empty Chair. In 2004, he was awarded the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Garden Of Beasts and the Short Story Dagger for "The Weekender." Translated into 25 languages, his novels have appeared on a number of bestseller lists around the world, including the New York Times, The Times of London, and the Los Angeles TimesThe Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington as Lincoln Rhyme. A Maiden's Grave was made into an HBO film retitled Dead Silence, starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin.

Learn more about Jeffery Deaver by reading the Q & A with frequently asked questions. And don't forget to check out Jeff's appearance on the soap opera As The World Turns.

Interviews With Jeff

Q & A With Jeff – includes the most frequently asked questions

The Broken Window Interview – Web Site Q & A, April 2008

Video Interview About Writing The Broken Window - Amazon.com, March 2008 video logo

Crime Author Shares Secrets – CSIndy.com, February 2008

Breaking New Ground – TheStar.com.my, Malaysia, September 2007

Murder In Mind — SMH.com.au, July 2007

Jeffery Deaver Interviewed By Kacey Kowars — KaceyKowars.com, Audio Interview, June 2007 Audio Clip

CBS's The Early Show/The Sleeping Doll – CBSNews.com, June 2007 video logo

Body Language Provides Twist In Deaver Thriller — PittsburghLive.com, June 2007

The Sleeping Doll Interview — Web Site Q & A, May 2007

Deaver Meaning – CarmelMagazine.com, December 2006

Jeffery Deaver Interviewed By Kacey Kowars – KaceyKowars.com, Audio Interview, July 2006 Audio Clip

Bone Collector Plots His Next Crime – SMH.com.au, July 2006

A Writer's Life: Jeffery Deaver — Telegraph.co.uk, July 2006

The Cold Moon Interview – Web Site Q & A, May 2006

CBS's The Early Show: The Cold Moon – CBSNews.com, May 2006

Author Honored for Hero's Confrontation of Stereotypes – PittsburghLive.com, November 2005

Deaver's A Good Egg – ManchesterOnline.co.uk, August 2005

CBS's The Early Show/The Twelfth Card – Click on the multimedia link to see the video, CBSNews.com, June 2005. video logo

Audio Interviews About: The Sleeping Doll, The Cold Moon, The Twelfth Card, The Vanished Man, The Stone Monkey, The Blue Nowhere, Speaking in Tongues, The Empty Chair, and The Writer's Craft – EyeOnBooks.com, June 2005 Audio Clip02

Book Bites: The Vanished Man – MeetTheAuthor.com, Video Clip, October 2004 video logo02

Book Bites: The Stone Monkey – MeetTheAuthor.com, Video Clip, October 2004 video logo02

Book Bites: The Blue Nowhere – MeetTheAuthor.com, Video Clip, October 2004 video logo02

Tending A Garden Of Beasts – Amazon.com, 2004

Garden Of Beasts Audio Interview/Meet The Writers – BarnesandNoble.com, 2004 Audio Clip02

CBS's The Early Show/Garden Of Beasts – Click on the Multimedia link for video, CBSNews.com, July 2004 video logo02

The Garden Of Beasts Interview – Web Site Q & A , July 2004

Author Exposes Ethical Uncertainty In 1930s Berlin – SeattlePI.com, July 2004

Coffee Chat/Garden Of Beasts – ReadersRoom.com, July 2004

Interview with John Gilstrap - BookReporter.com, April 2003

CBS's The Early Show/The Vanished Man CBSNews.com, March 2003

The Vanished Man Interview BookReporter.com, March 2003

The Vanished Man Interview – Web Site Q & A, January 2003

The Pressure Cooker World Of Jeffery DeaverShotsMagazine.co.uk, June 2002

The Blue Nowhere Interview – Web Site Q & A 

The King Of Scary Propositions – Triviana.com, May 2001

Jeffery Deaver – TeenReads.com, May 2001

The Empty Chair Interview – BookReporter.com, May 2000

Take A Ride With The Devil Himself – BookPage.com, August 1998

Interview With Jeffery Deaver – BooksNBytes.com

 

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