Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is one of those writers who makes you feel a little inadequate just reading his bio — the guy went to journalism school, earned a law degree from Fordham, actually practiced law, and then decided, you know what, I'll also become one of the most acclaimed crime novelists on the planet. His Lincoln Rhyme series is genuinely addictive: a quadriplegic forensic criminologist and his partner Amelia Sachs chasing killers through procedural puzzles so tightly constructed they feel like locked-room magic tricks. He's won the Nero Award, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and in 2021 the Mystery Writers of America handed him the Grand Master award — the genre's highest honor. The legal background clearly bleeds into the work; his plots turn on evidence and procedure in ways that feel earned rather than convenient. Decades in and the man still delivers.

Name (English)

Jeffery Deaver

Name (Japanese)

ジェフリー・ディーヴァー

Reading

じぇふりー・でぃーゔぁー

Born

May 6, 1950 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States

Occupation

writer / novelist / screenwriter / journalist / lawyer

University

University of Missouri

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Nero Award
• 2005 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
• 2021 The Grand Master

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.jefferydeaver.com
• Xhttps://x.com/jefferydeaver
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Illinois
• writer
• novelist
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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