Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and crime writer who worked as a journalist and practiced law before becoming a novelist. His books include the Lincoln Rhyme series, starting with The Bone Collector and continuing through The Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair and The Skin Collector. Other titles include Ninth and Nowhere, The Rule of Threes and The Vanished Man. Deaver served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America and was named a Grand Master of that group.