Jeffery Deaver on Craft, Career, and Crime Fiction

Presented by: Jeffery Deaver

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.

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