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Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is the author of 2 collections of short stories and 27 suspense novels. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card, The Cold Moon, and The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The Kathryn Dance novels, The Sleeping Doll and Roadside Crosses, were published to enormous acclaim.

Among other awards, he won the Novel of the Year in the International Thriller Awards 2009 for standalone thriller The Bodies Left Behind. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.

What genres does Jeffery Deaver write?

Jeffery Deaver writes suspense and thriller fiction, primarily crime thrillers, and has also published collections of short stories.

Which book or series is a good place to start?

Two accessible entry points are The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, Book 1) and The Sleeping Doll (Kathryn Dance, Book 1). He also has standalone thrillers like The Bodies Left Behind and the Colter Shaw novels starting with The Never Game.

What is the recommended reading order for the Lincoln Rhyme series?

Begin with The Bone Collector (Book 1), then The Coffin Dancer (2), The Empty Chair (3), The Stone Monkey (4), The Vanished Man (5), The Twelfth Card (6), The Cold Moon (7), The Broken Window (8), The Burning Wire (9), The Kill Room (10), The Skin Collector (11), The Steel Kiss (12), The Burial Hour (13), and The Cutting Edge (14).

Has Jeffery Deaver won any major awards for his writing?

Yes. Highlights include the International Thriller Awards Novel of the Year 2009 for The Bodies Left Behind, the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001, the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in 2004 for Garden of Beasts, and the CWA Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.

Have any of his books been adapted for film or other media?

Yes. The Bone Collector was adapted into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.