Faye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman (born July 31, 1952) is a mystery novelist from St. Louis, Missouri, and the author of the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series. She earned a BA in mathematics from UCLA in 1974 and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1978, though she never practiced dentistry. Her first novel, The Ritual Bath (1986), introduced Decker, a Los Angeles police detective, and Lazarus, and it won the 1987 Macavity Award for Best First Novel. The series includes Jupiter's Bones (1999), in which Decker investigates the death of a former child prodigy who became the leader of an apocalyptic cult. She is married to the novelist Jonathan Kellerman, and the two co-wrote Double Homicide (2004) and Capital Crimes (2006). She also co-wrote Prism (2009) with their daughter Aliza Kellerman. Their son Jesse Kellerman is also a novelist.
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