Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a successful career as a best-selling novelist. He has been awarded the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Nero Wolfe Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 May 1950
CityGlen Ellyn, IL
Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.
You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on a brief passage in a novel or brainstorming about an entire book-it's usually because I'm trying to shoehorn an idea into the passage or story where it has no place.
She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclinations are right, and the evidence of this potential is found in the smallest of gestures, like the uncertain resting of a large hand on a bony shoulder.
It's accurate to the extent that I explore the psychology of crime and crime detection in my books: the minds of the criminal and his hunters.
In general, I think, less is more and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.
In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.
Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.
Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.
The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.
In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.
When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.
It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.