Bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, creator of The Bone Collector, reflects on his career in crime fiction. In this conversation, he shares insights into his writing life, creative process, and the lessons learned from building one of the genre’s most successful and enduring bodies of work.
Why Setting Can Make or Break an Amateur Sleuth
Moderated by Linda Sands, Jane Bock, John Carenen, Linda Lovely, Lois Winston, and Maria Hudgins focus on how setting shapes an amateur sleuth. They discuss how environment influences behavior, opportunity, and credibility, and why place matters as much as personality.




