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Wisely taking the advice given to him by legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane -- "People don't read books to get to the middle. They read to get to the end" -- Jeffery Deaver has earned a reputation for prodigious pacing and slick suspense with his string of bestselling Lincoln Rhyme thrillers.
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Fact File
| Name:
Jeffery Deaver
Also Known As:
William Jefferies, Jeffery Wilds Deaver
Current Home:
Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth:
May 6, 1950
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois
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B.A., University of Missouri; Juris Doctor, cum laude, Fordham University School of Law
Awards:
Three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Readers' Award for Best Short Story of the Year; W. H. Smith Thumping Good Read Award
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Research Rule
| In an interview on his publisher's web site, Deaver warns would-be writers against showing off their research skill to the detriment of their plots: "There's nothing wrong with over-researching but there's a problem when you put too much of your research in the book. All the technical details have to further the plot. If not, out they should go. I use about twenty percent of my total research in the finished book. An author of suspense fiction must never digress!"
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| | The Bone Collector
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Jeffery Deaver
Deaver's 1997 thriller got an undeniable boost when a high-profile film adaptation starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie hit theaters. Of the book, The New York Times called the forensic technology as described by Deaver "so dazzling it makes your eyes water."
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| | The Lord of the Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien
In our interview with Deaver, he named The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien as the book that most influenced him "because it was a complex, yet highly readable story, incorporating action, emotion, and philosophy, which seamlessly tied together a number of subplots, all of which were ultimately related." Find out more about Deaver's favorite books, including:
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