Jeff Lindsay (writer)

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Jeff Lindsay
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Jeff Lindsay at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
BornJeffry P. Freundlich
(1952-07-14) July 14, 1952 (age 69)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Pen nameJeffry P. Lindsay
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Middlebury College
Period1994present
Genre Mystery
Notable works Dexter series
Spouse Hilary Hemingway
Children3

Jeffry P. Freundlich (born July 14, 1952), primarily known by his pen name Jeff Lindsay, is an American playwright and crime novelist best known for his novels about sociopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan.

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Life and career

Lindsay was born in Miami [1] and graduated from Ransom Everglades School in 1970, and from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975. [2]

Many of his earlier published works include his wife Hilary Hemingway as a co-author. His wife is the niece of Ernest Hemingway and an author in her own right.

The first book in the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (which Lindsay wanted to name "Pinocchio Bleeds" after his middle daughter suggested it but his publisher disagreed) [3] was included on the original nomination list for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards in the Best First Novel category. However, it was dropped from the list after the group learned that Lindsay had put out several books in the 1990s under another pen name, Jeffry P. Lindsay.

Dexter aired as a series on Showtime with the first season based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter and actor Michael C. Hall playing the character. The show eventually ran for eight seasons, though subsequent seasons had original storylines that departed from the plots of Lindsay's books. Lindsay had a cameo role in the tenth episode of the third season of Dexter. [4] Lindsay has also written a comic book version of Dexter, distributed by Marvel comics, and which consists of two mini-series: Dexter and Dexter: Down Under.

Lindsay and Hemingway live in Cape Coral, Florida. [5] [6] They have three children. [7]

Bibliography

Novels

Billy Knight Thrillers series:

  1. Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense, or Tropical Depression (1994)
    Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense (1994), as Jeffry P. Lindsay
    Tropical Depression (2015)
  2. Red Tide (2015)

Dexter series:

  1. Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004)
  2. Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005)
  3. Dexter in the Dark (2007)
  4. Dexter by Design (2009)
  5. Dexter Is Delicious (2010)
  6. Double Dexter (2011)
  7. Dexter's Final Cut (2013)
  8. Dexter Is Dead (2015)

Riley Wolfe series:

  1. Just Watch Me (2019)
  2. Fool Me Twice (2020) [8]
  3. Three-Edged Sword (Expected publication: December 6, 2022)

Stand-alones:

Comics

Non-fiction

Adaptations

Footnotes

  1. "Dexter Crew". Showtime's Official Dexter Site. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
  2. "Author's Collection Donated to College". Rutlandherald.com. September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. "Dexter is delicious". 3 March 2009.
  4. "'Dexter's Final Cut' by Jeff Lindsay Coming In September". Dexter Daily. March 14, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  5. Runnells, Charles (October 26, 2015). "'Dexter' author returns with new character, book series". News-Press. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. Garrett, Craig (March 27, 2014). "Writing duo share thoughts on careers, life in the spotlight". Cape Coral Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. Marla E. Schwartz (October 8, 2010). "An Interview with Author Jeff Lindsay, The Man Behind Showtime's #1 Series, Dexter" . Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  8. "Mystery/Thriller Book Review: Fool Me Twice by Jeff Lindsay". Publishers Weekly . September 16, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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