Jonathan Kellerman, Author Biographies

Jonathan Seth Kellerman was born in New York City, New York on August 9,1949 but primarily grew up in Los Angeles, California. His parents were David and Sylvia Kellerman.

Jonathan earned his B.A. in psychology from UCLA. He earned his Doctorate in Child Psychology from the University of Southern California when he was only 24 years old. To support himself while a student, he worked at the university newspaper, “The Daily Bruin,” as a cartoonist. In his senior year, Jonathan won a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for fiction.

While at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Jonathan researched and wrote two medical texts, “Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer” in 1980, and “Helping the Fearful Child” in 1981.

Jonathan married Faye Mauder and they produced four children, Jesse, Rachel, Ilana and Aliza. He worked as a professor and a clinician for ten years before he started a writing career in psychological suspense thrillers. He published his first novel, “When the Bough Breaks,” in 1985. This book starts a series of books with psychologist Alex Delaware as the protagonist. Jonathan says that Alex is his alter ego.

Jonathan is not the only talent in the family. Faye Kellerman, is also a published suspense writer since

1986. She, along with youngest daughter, Aliza, co-authored a book in 2009, called “Prism.” The oldest son, Je

sse has also established himself as a published novelist.

In an interview for Armchair Detective, when asked why he writes such chilling crime novels, Jonathan said, “We want fear, but we want the resolution. You build up tension and then there’s a relief. If there is no resolution, people wouldn’t want it. It’s like tying a knot around your knees, then it feels so wonderful when you take it off. I know how to create fear because I’m a coward.” He says he will keep writing these books as long as people want to buy them.

Jonathan and Faye are the first married couple to have novels on the New York Best Sellers List at the same time. They make their homes in Los Angles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Books by Jonathan Kellerman:

Series:

Alex Delaware:

When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware) (1985)

Blood Test (1986)

Over the Edge (1987)

Silent Partner (1989)

Time Bomb (1990)

Private Eyes (1991)

Devil’s Waltz (1992)

Bad Love (1993)

(1994)

The Web (1995)

The Clinic (1996)

Survival of the Fitness (1997)

Monster (1999)

Dr. Death (Alex Delaware, No. 14) (2000)

Flesh and Blood (2001)

The Murder Book (Alex Delaware, No. 16) (2002)

Cold Heart (2003)

Therapy (2004)

Rage (2005)

Gone (2006)

Obsession (2007)

Compulsion (2008)

Bones (2008)

Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel (2009)

(2010)

Petra Connor:

Billy Straight (1998)

Twisted: A Novel (2004)

Stand Alone Novels:

The Butcher’s Theater (1988)

The Conspiracy Club (2003)

(2009)

Omnibus:

Blood Test, When the Bough Breaks, Over the Edge (1990)

Jonathan Kellerman Omnibus (1996)

The First Alex Delaware (2001)

Devil’s Waltz, Bad Love (2003)

Double Homicide (2004) (with Faye Kellerman)

Capital Crimes (2006) (with Faye Kellerman)

Poetry:

Daddy, Daddy, Can You Touch the Sky? (1994)

Anthologies Edited:

Diagnosis Dead: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology (2004)

Non Fiction:

The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 (2008) (with Thomas H. Cook and Otto Penzler)

With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars (2008)

Medical Text:

Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer (1980)

Helping the Fearful Child (1981)

Tami Hoag, Author Biographies

Tami Hoag was born Tami Mikkelson on January 20, 1959 and spent her adolescence in a small town of about a 1,000 people and no stoplights, in southeastern Minnesota. Her father was an insurance agent. She graduated high school and married her high school sweetheart, Daniel Hoag. She wanted to go to college, but it never happened.

As a child Tami was a “typical horse-crazy little girl.” After begging for a horse, her parents bought her a Shetland pony named Dan. Tami says “Dan taught me responsibility, compassion and sportsmanship.” Today, Tami owns several horses, is a skilled equestrian and competes professionally.

Tami Hoag began her career writing romantic comedy and became one of the “Divas,” along with Eileen Dreyer, Elizabeth Grayson and Kimberly Cates. Tami says, “No matter what may change in our careers or in our personal lives, the Divas remain a constant source of support for each other.” Tami often acknowledges them in her books.

Later Tami Hoag started writing suspense. Tami says that she likes the complexity of characters and being able to explore the darker side of human minds. She said there was a gradual progression. She would put small amounts of suspense in her romance books. Then she went into more complex, deeper stories.

After 20 romance novels Tami had five best selling suspense novels. In fact those five novels appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers List in 20 months!

Tami says she has a vast reference library, books and videos, on law enforcement and procedures. She says she prefers hands on research such as interviewing people and absorbing their job cultures and attitudes.

Tami says that she has a lot of varying interests. She loves psychology, law, music and interior design. She says, “…which makes being a writer the perfect job because I get to take a turn being anything I want via a character.”

Tami and her husband make their home on a 70 acre horse farm in Charlottesville, Virginia. They own several horses and a variety of pets. They also have a home in Los Angeles, California. Tami says her husband, after working 17 years as a computer programmer, now works for her taking care of the business stuff. They have no children.

In an interview for Expanded Books, Megan Hinder says of Tami Hoag’s psychological thrillers, “Her books captivate readers with crisp writing, fascinating characters and lightening paced action. They keep readers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end.”

Books by Tami Hoag:

Series: Hennessy
The Trouble with J.J. (1988)
Magic (1990)

Quaid Horses
Rumor Has It (1988)
Man of Her Dreams (1989)
Tempestuous (1990)

Rainbow Chasers
(1990)
Keeping Company (1990)
Reilly’s Return (1990)

Doucett
The Restless Heart (1991)
Lucky's Lady (Doucet)(1992)
Cry Wolf (1993)

Deer Lake
Night Sins (1995)
Guilty as Sin (1996)

Kovac/Liska
Ashes to Ashes (1999)
Dust to Dust(2000)
Prior Bad Acts (2006)

Elena Estes
Dark Horse (2002)
(2007)

Stand Alone Novels:
McKnight in Shining Armor (1988)
Mismatch (1989)
Straight from the Heart (1989)
Sarah’s Sin (1991)
Heart of Dixie (1991)
Still Waters (1992)
Taken by Storm (1992)
The Last White Knight (1992)
Dark Paradise (1994)
A Thin Dark Line(1997)
Kill the Messenger (2004)
(2009)