Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark and Walter Mosely.
The author of fifty novels, 120 short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards.
His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller The Broken Window and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. The Garden of Beasts won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England, and he has won the Short Story Dagger from CWA, and another story was shortlisted for the award. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by the MWA.
Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy.
His book A Maiden’s Grave was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel The Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of his The Devil’s Teardrop. NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. CBS TV is airing Tracker, a prime-time series based on his novel The Never Game, featuring his character Colter Shaw. Starring Justin Hartley. It continues to be the number-one network television show in America.
2 有用 小悬子 2015-10-30 19:19:03
2015.10.21 ~ 2015.10.30 林肯系列里中等偏下的作品,即使祭出Watchmaker,也无法让人忽略全书那浓浓的匠气,刻意的叙事诡计和众多根本不成悬念的悬念尤其令人难受:迪弗的老读者都猜到得他在搞什么鬼,何必这样乐此不疲地调戏我们呢,已经没快感了呢。此外,我对本书的行文挺不满意的,作者的句子组织似乎特别随意,语法挺不讲究的,好像写得不怎么用心,和之前读《The Kill Room... 2015.10.21 ~ 2015.10.30 林肯系列里中等偏下的作品,即使祭出Watchmaker,也无法让人忽略全书那浓浓的匠气,刻意的叙事诡计和众多根本不成悬念的悬念尤其令人难受:迪弗的老读者都猜到得他在搞什么鬼,何必这样乐此不疲地调戏我们呢,已经没快感了呢。此外,我对本书的行文挺不满意的,作者的句子组织似乎特别随意,语法挺不讲究的,好像写得不怎么用心,和之前读《The Kill Room》的感觉很不一样。 (展开)
0 有用 Rick LARD 2014-07-28 16:54:32
Five star thriller! You won't be disappointed if you choose this. JD never let us down!