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Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an international bestselling author. His books are sold in 150 countries and have been translated into 25 languages. Deaver served two terms as president of the Mystery Writers of America, whose members include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark and Walter Mosley. The MWA named Jeffery a Grand Master. He is the author of more than 40 novels, three collections of short stories, a non-fiction book on law and has also written the lyrics for a country music album. His books have won or been nominated for every major award. The Never Game was voted Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association, and the thrillers The Broken Window and Edge were also nominated for the same award. Garden of Beasts won the Steel Dagger award from the British Crime Writers' Association. Deaver has also been nominated for the Edgar Award eight times. He has received three lifetime achievement awards – from the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Strand Magazine, and the Raymond Chandler Award in Italy. HBO adapted his book A Maiden's Grave into a film starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin; Universal Pictures turned the thriller The Bone Collector into a film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime broadcasted an adaptation of The Devil's Teardrop and NBC recently aired a nine-part series Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. The Never Game hit the bookshelves in 2019, introducing readers to the nomadic reward seeker Colter Shaw in the first instalment of the series.