Jeff Lindsay (writer)

Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
Born Jeffry P. Freundlich
(1952-07-14) July 14, 1952
Miami, Florida, United States
Pen name Jeffry P. Lindsay, Jeff Lindsay
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Alma mater Middlebury College
Period 1994–present
Genre Mystery
Notable works Dexter series
Spouse Hilary Hemingway

Jeff Lindsay is the pen name of American playwright and crime novelist Jeffry P. Freundlich (born July 14, 1952), best known for his novels about sociopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan. 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. Lindsay was born in Miami[1] and graduated from Ransom Everglades School in 1970, and from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975.[2]

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, Jeffrey P. Lindsay.

Dexter aired as a 2006 TV series on Showtime with the first season based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter. The show eventually ran for eight seasons, but subsequent seasons had original storylines that did not follow the plots of Lindsay's books. Lindsay had a cameo role in the tenth episode of the third season of Dexter.[4]

Lindsay is also writing a comic book version of Dexter distributed by Marvel comics which consist of two mini-series: Dexter and Dexter: Down Under.

Lindsay and Hemingway live in Cape Coral, Florida.[5][6]

Non-fiction

Fiction

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)


Billy Knight Series

  1. Red Tide (2015)
  2. Tropical Depression (2016)

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Dexter Crew". Showtime's Official Dexter Site. August 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Author's Collection Donated to College". Rutlandherald.com. September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. ↑ http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2009/03/03/1235842386191.html
  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. ↑ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/jeff-lindsay/

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