Jeffery Deaver

Adept at getting inside the head of criminal and victim alike, Jeffery Deaver is the author of expertly crafted crime novels. Deaver’s previous careers as journalist and lawyer stood him in good stead when composing his first book, Manhattan is My Beat, in 1988. Nine years later he hit upon his most famous creation, the quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme, in The Bone Collector. The book sparked a long-running novel series as well as a Hollywood movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Deaver was also commissioned by Ian Fleming’s estate to write the James Bond novel Carte Blanche, which appeared in 2011.