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Faye Kellerman

Born

in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

July 31, 1952

Website

http://www.fayekellerman.net/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Faye Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She earned a BA in mathematics and a doctorate in dentistry at UCLA., and conducted research in oral biology. Kellerman's groundbreaking first novel, THE RITUAL BATH, was published in 1986 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. The winner of the Macavity Award for the Best First Novel from the Mystery Readers of American, THE RITUAL BATH introduced readers to Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, termed by People Magazine "Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around." The New York Times enthused, "This couple's domestic affairs have the haimish warmth of reality, unlike the formulaic lives of so many other genre detectives."

There are well over twent Faye Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She earned a BA in mathematics and a doctorate in dentistry at UCLA., and conducted research in oral biology. Kellerman's groundbreaking first novel, THE RITUAL BATH, was published in 1986 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. The winner of the Macavity Award for the Best First Novel from the Mystery Readers of American, THE RITUAL BATH introduced readers to Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, termed by People Magazine "Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around." The New York Times enthused, "This couple's domestic affairs have the haimish warmth of reality, unlike the formulaic lives of so many other genre detectives."

There are well over twenty million copies of Faye Kellerman's novels in print internationally. The Decker/Lazarus thrillers include SACRED AND PROFANE; MILK AND HONEY; DAY OF ATONEMENT; FALSE PROPHET; GRIEVOUS SIN; SANCTUARY; as well as her New York Times Bestsellers, JUSTICE, PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD - listed by the LA Times as one of the best crime novel of 2001; SERPENT'S TOOTH; JUPITER'S BONES, THE FORGOTTEN, STONE KISS, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS, THE BURNT HOUSE, THE MERCEDES COFFIN and BLINDMAN'S BLUFF. . The novels, STALKER and STREET DREAMS, introduced Kellerman's newest protagonist, Police Officer Cindy Decker. In addition to her crime series, Kellerman is also the author of New York Time's bestseller MOON MUSIC, a suspense horror novel set in Las Vegas featuring Detective Romulus Poe, as well as an historical novel of intrigue set in Elizabethan England, THE QUALITY OF MERCY. She has also co-authored the New York Times Bestseller DOUBLE HOMICIDE, with her husband and partner in crime, Jonathan Kellerman. She has also written a young adult novel, PRISM, with her daughter, Aliza Kellerman

Faye Kellerman's highly praised short stories and reviews have been anthologized in numerous collections including two volumes of the notable SISTERS IN CRIME SERIES, Sara Paretsky's, A WOMAN'S EYE; THE FIRST ANNUAL YEAR'S FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES; THE THIRD ANNUAL BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR; WOMEN OF MYSTERY AND DEADLY ALLIES 11. Her personally annotated collection of her award winning stories, THE GARDEN OF EDEN and OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS, was published in August of 2006. H
Her other hobbies include gardening, sewing and jogging if her back doesn't give out. She is the proud mother of four children, and her eldest son, Jesse, has just published his fourth novel, THE EXECUTOR, from Putnam. She lives in Los Angeles and Santa Fe with her husband, Jonathan, their youngest child, and their French Bulldog, Hugo. ...more

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	The Ritual Bath (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #1) 3.94 avg rating — 17,711 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milk and Honey (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #3) 3.99 avg rating — 12,280 ratings — published 1990 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hangman (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #19) 4.04 avg rating — 10,044 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanctuary (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #7) 4.04 avg rating — 8,399 ratings — published 1994 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred and Profane (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 8,401 ratings — published 1987 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Box (Peter Decker/Rina Lazaru, #24) by Faye Kellerman, Richard Ferrone (Narrator) 3.99 avg rating — 8,020 ratings — published 2017 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day of Atonement (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #4) 4.01 avg rating — 6,933 ratings — published 1991 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burnt House (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #16) 3.91 avg rating — 7,070 ratings — published 2007 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder 101 (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #22) 3.93 avg rating — 6,787 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beast (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #21) 3.92 avg rating — 6,651 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Kids are like heroin -- an injection of pain when they're around, but even when they're not around it's like that next fix. You just can't stop thinking about it.”
― Faye Kellerman, Hangman

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“What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.”
― Faye Kellerman, Hangman

tags: guitar, music

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“That is a fart without wind....." in reference to when you can't back up what you say. very funny.”
― Faye Kellerman, Straight into Darkness

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October/November 2014 Group Read. Voting time is October 9th through the 14th.

Six Years/Harlan Coben

26 votes 11.8%

A Walk Among the Tombstones/Lawrence Block

21 votes 9.5%

The Innocent/David Baldacci

21 votes 9.5%

The Kill Artist/Daniel Silva

15 votes 6.8%

Storm Front/Jim Butcher

15 votes 6.8%

Cliff Diver/Carmen Amato

11 votes 5.0%

Think of a Number/John Verdon

11 votes 5.0%

Roseanna/Maj Sjöwall

10 votes 4.5%

Dead Simple/Peter James

10 votes 4.5%

King Solomon's Carpet/Barbara Vine

10 votes 4.5%

The Killing/David Hewson

10 votes 4.5%

River of Darkness/Rennie Airth

9 votes 4.1%

Edge of Dark Water/Joe R. Lansdale

7 votes 3.2%

Bloodline/Mark Billingham

7 votes 3.2%

The Burnt House/Faye Kellerman

7 votes 3.2%

Night And Silence/Aline Templeton

6 votes 2.7%

Sleep Tight/Rachel Abbott

6 votes 2.7%

Fatal Act/Leigh Russell

4 votes 1.8%

Natural Causes/James Oswald

4 votes 1.8%

Faces of the Gone/Brad Parks

3 votes 1.4%

The Sword of God/Mark Dawson

2 votes 0.9%

Laidlaw/William McIlvanney

2 votes 0.9%

The Last Good Man/A.J. Kazinski

2 votes 0.9%

Mystery in White/J. Jefferson Farjeon

2 votes 0.9%

Eternity/Tamara Thorne

0 votes 0.0%

221 total votes

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