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Deon Meyer

Born

in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

July 04, 1958

Website

http://www.deonmeyer.com/

Genre

Crime Fiction

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Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.

After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter. Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative director, web manager, Internet strategist, and brand consultant.

Deon wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, and bribed and blackmailed his two brothers into reading it. They were not impressed (hey, everybody is a critic ...)
Deon Meyer

Heeding their wisdom, he did not write fiction again until he was in his early thirties, when he started publishi ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 61,508 ratings · 5,517 reviews · 66 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thirteen Hours (Benny Griessel, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 7,874 ratings — published 2008 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fever by Deon Meyer, K.L. Seefers (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 6,369 ratings — published 2016 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Peak (Benny Griessel, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 5,878 ratings — published 2004 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	7 dae (Bennie Griessel, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 4,209 ratings — published 2011 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cobra (Benny Griessel, #4) by Deon Meyer, K.L. Seegers (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 3,978 ratings — published 2013 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7) by Deon Meyer, K.L. Seegers (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 3,556 ratings — published 2020 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Safari (Lemmer #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,967 ratings — published 2007 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Icarus (Benny Griessel, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 3,505 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Hunt (Benny Griessel, #6) 4.25 avg rating — 3,325 ratings — published 2017 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leo (Benny Griessel, #8) 4.36 avg rating — 3,159 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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