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Mar

In New Serial Thriller, Everyone's Hands Are Bloody

All Things Considered, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 0am

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Jun

MysteryPeople Presents: JEFFERY DEAVER - Solitude Creek

Book People, Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 5pm

Saturday, June 6 at 5PM

Bestselling Author Jeffery Deaver speaking & signing Solitude Creek

MysteryPeople is thrilled to welcome Jeffery Deaver back to BookPeople, this time to share his new thriller, Solitude Creek. #1 international bestselling author of over 30 novels and sold in over 150 countries.

In Solitude Creek, a tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.

ABOUT Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery/crime writer. 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 Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Los Angeles Times. Can't make it to the event? You can order a signed, personalized copy of this book. We ship worldwide. Simply write "SIGNED COPY" and the name for the personalizations in the Comments field during checkout. Thank you for supproting Jeffery Deaver and your local independent bookstore!

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Nov

Bouchercon

Mysterious Galaxy, Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 07am

The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author. It is the world's premier event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is commonly referred to as Bouchercon.

For more infortmation visit http://www.bouchercon2014.com/

Simon Wood American Guest of Honor International Guest of Honor Y.A. Guest of Honor Liftime Achievement Award Toastmaster J.A. Jance Edward Marston Eoin Colfer Jeffrey Deaver Photo: Barry Evans Studio

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Location: Street: 200 S. Pine Ave. City: Long Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90802 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Oct

READING: Jeffery Deaver, Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh

International Festival of Authors, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 7:30pm

Writers Jeffery Deaver, Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh read from their latest works. Tanis Rideout hosts.

Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 novels, three collections of short stories and a non-fiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and have been translated into 25 languages. Deaver’s novel The Bone Collector, which introduced forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He presents the latest Lincoln Rhyme novel, The Skin Collector. A new killer is on the loose, and Rhyme must untangle the web of clues before the killer successfully targets any more victims—or Rhyme himself.

Tanis Rideout has been a finalist for the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and the CBC Literary Awards. In 2006, she was named Poet Laureate for Lake Ontario. Rideout also joined Sarah Harmer’s I Love the Escarpment Tour to read a commissioned poem. She was born in Belgium, grew up in Bermuda and in Kingston, Ontario, and now lives in Toronto. She is the author of a novel, Above All Things, and a collection of poems, Arguments with the Lake.

Michael Robotham started his career as a journalist, but then became a ghostwriter, writing many bestselling autobiographies in collaboration with politicians, pop stars, psychologists and adventurers. His novels have been translated into 23 languages. He is a two-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Australia’s Crime Novel of the Year and has twice been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger and once for the CWA’s acclaimed Gold Dagger award. Robotham presents Life or Death, the heart-stopping story of one man’s escape from prison the day before he’s due to be released.

Louise Welsh is the author of six highly acclaimed novels, including The Cutting Room and The Girl on the Stairs. She has been the recipient of the John Creasy Memorial Dagger and the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award, among others. She has also produced many short stories and articles, and written for radio and the stage, including a libretto for opera. Welsh presents A Lovely Way to Burn, the first novel in the Plague Times trilogy. This chilling, tense and utterly compelling thriller chronicles the sweep of "The Sweats" pandemic.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 7:30 PM
Lakeside Terrace, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8

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May

Jeffery Deaver

Murder By The Book, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 6:30pm

Jeffery Deaver will sign and discuss The skin collector (Grand Central; $28.00), which is the sequel to The Bone Collector!

Jeffery Deaver’s most recent #1 international bestseller is Carte Blanche, the new James Bond novel that brought Ian Fleming’s Agent 007 firmly into the modern age. After revealing his lifelong admiration for Fleming’s novels while accepting the Crime Writer’s Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for his thriller Garden of Beasts, Deaver was approached by the estate of Ian Fleming to write the next Bond thriller. It debuted on bestseller lists around the world.

The author of two collections of short stories and 28 previous suspense novels, Deaver is best known for his Kathryn Dance and Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, most notably The Bone Collector, which was made into a feature starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. His many awards include the Novel of the Year at the International Thriller Writers’ Awards in 2009 for his standalone novel The Bodies Left Behind. The latest entries in the Lincoln Rhyme series are The Cold Moon, The Broken Window, and The Burning Wire.

Deaver has been nominated for seven Edgar Awards by the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony Award and a Gumshoe Award. He was recently short-listed for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Best International Author. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He lives in North Carolina.

Location: Street: 2342 Bissonnet St Additional: City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77005 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Oct

Jeffrey Deaver (Okemos)

Schuler Books & Music - Okemos, Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 7pm

Talk & Book Signing with Best Selling author Jeffrey Deaver for The October List Jeffery Deaver has created the most riveting and original novel of the year: a race-against-the-clock mystery, told in reverse.

Two days ago, Gabriela’s life was normal. Then, out of the blue, she gets word that her six-year-old daughter has been taken. She’s given an ultimatum: pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as the “October List” within 30 hours, or she’ll never see her child again.

A mind-bending novel with twists and turns that unfold from its dramatic climax back to its surprising beginning, The October List is Jeffery Deaver at his masterful, inventive best.

Location: Street: 1982 Grand River Ave City: Okemos, Province: Michigan Postal Code: 48864 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Jul

Jeff Deaver & Jeff Abbott

Anderson's Bookshop - Naperville, Monday, July 1, 2013 at 7pm

Jeffery Deaver & Jeff Abbott

It’s a “Thrilla in Napervilla” when authors Jeffery Deaver (The Kill Room) and Jeff Abbott (Downfall) visit. If crisp, taut, edge-of-your-seat novels are your favorites, these are the Jeffs to meet. Excitement guaranteed between the covers of their titles. MONDAY, JULY 1 at 7:00 p.m. Anderson's Bookshop Naperville | 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville

Location: Street: Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Additional: 123 W Jefferson Ave City: Naperville, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60540 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Feb

BCNegra: Conversa: Assassins en sèrie

La Capella, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7pm

Jeffery Deaver, The Devil's Teardrop.; Karin Slaughter, Blindsighted.

Jeffery Deaver i Karin Slaughter parlen amb Antonio Lozano. (gamoia)

Jun

Jeffrey Deaver

Poisoned Pen, A Mystery Bookstore, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 7pm

Jeffrey Deaver reads from Carte Blanche.

signs Carte Blanche (Simon and Schuster $26.99) a new James Bond novel! OFFSITE - Scottsdale Community College Bestselling thriller superstar Jeffery Deaver delivers a summer blockbuster: JAMES BOND is back and better than ever, updated for the new millenium. Jeffery will be signing at Scottsdale Community College. Doors will open at 6:00pm and the event will start at 7:00pm. Jeffery Deaver is the international number-one bestselling author of Roadside Crosses, The Bodies Left Behind, The Broken Window, The Sleeping Doll, The Bone Collector and twenty-one other suspense novels. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. He has been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the Year. His novel The Bone Collector was made into a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington. Deaver was born in Chicago, attended the University of Missouri and received his law degree from Fordham University in New York. In 1990, he quit practicing law to write full-time. (aripoisonedpen)… (more)

Event location: Scottsdale Community College, Turquoise Room

Dec

Jeffrey Deaver

Poisoned Pen, A Mystery Bookstore, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 7pm

Jeffrey Deaver signs Edge.

When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler is targeted by Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Loving is a ruthless "lifter", hired to extract information from his victims, and he will use whatever means necessary including kidnapping, torturing or killing their family. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. He also knows just how brutal the lifter can be – six years earlier, Loving killed someone close to him. As tension increases between the family, the situation escalates into a deadly contest between protector and lifter as each tries to outwit the other. And as the lifter closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges, or expose them to a killer in the name of personal revenge . . . Fans of Deaver's fiendishly clever suspensers won't be surprised by the nonstop deceptions, reversals, shocks and surprises, but this time they're even more varied than usual, and, given the characters' backgrounds, a lot more plausible. The result is his most successful thriller in years." — Kirkus reviews (starred review) To order a signed or inscribed copy of EDGE, click here or email sales@poisonedpen.com (aripoisonedpen)… (more)

Jun

Jeffery Deaver

Eagle Eye Book Shop, Monday, June 14, 2010 at 3pm

Jeffery Deaver signs The Burning Wire.

Jeffery Deaver will be signing The Burning Wire, June 14th, 3 p.m. When an attack is made on Manhattan's electricity grid, it seems that terrorists must be responsible. While the FBI and CIA try to determine whether religious or environmental fundamentalists are behind the attacks, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault on the grid. Available at Eagle Eye June 8. (jasbro)… (more)

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Deaver, Jeffery Wilds

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1950-05-06

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male

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USA

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Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

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University of Missouri

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Deaver, Julie Reece (sister)

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Deborah Schneider (Gelfman Schneider Literary)

Short biography

Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) 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 Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Los Angeles Times.

Deaver was born outside Chicago in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His mother was an artist, and his father an advertising writer. His sister Julie Deaver is an author of young adult novels. The book that inspired him to write was From Russia With Love, a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming.

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