Jeffery Deaver





Jeffery Deaver

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May 06, 1950

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Chicago, Illinois, The United States

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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. 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. In 1990 he started to write full time. 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 Flem...more




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avg rating: 3.85 | 16,127 ratings | 1,464 reviews | 80 distinct works | 74 fans
The Bone Collector The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 4.07 — 2,007 ratings — published 1997
35 editions
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The Coffin Dancer The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.94 — 1,159 ratings — published 1998
24 editions
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The Vanished Man The Vanished Man (Lincoln Rhyme, #5)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.93 — 1,077 ratings — published 2003
18 editions
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The Empty Chair The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.81 — 957 ratings — published 2000
22 editions
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The Stone Monkey The Stone Monkey (Lincoln Rhyme, #4)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.73 — 883 ratings — published 2002
28 editions
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The Cold Moon The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme, #7)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.86 — 849 ratings — published 2006
25 editions
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The Broken Window The Broken Window (Lincoln Rhyme, #8)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.99 — 758 ratings — published 2008
19 editions
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The Twelfth Card The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.83 — 743 ratings — published 2005
21 editions
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The Sleeping Doll The Sleeping Doll (Kathryn Dance, #1)
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.76 — 736 ratings — published 2007
14 editions
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The Blue Nowhere The Blue Nowhere
by Jeffery Deaver
avg rating 3.88 — 702 ratings — published 2001
25 editions
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Novel Ladies: Nominations for June's Group Reads 132 43 04/24/2009 08:51PM  
Novel Ladies: RaBF - March 20, 2009 19 29 05/17/2009 10:21PM  
Novel Ladies: 5SP: Judges Selected - The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 19 37 05/26/2009 06:38PM  
Novel Ladies: Linda's Reading Log 6 20 28 days ago, 02:33PM  
Novel Ladies: Teaser Tuesday - June 9, 2009 2 22 25 days ago, 09:19PM  
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Novel Ladies: Jeffery Deaver, The Bone Collector "Discussion" (Finished) 14 32 13 days ago, 12:25PM  
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