Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.
Jeffery Deaver

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.
Jeffery Deaver

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.
Jeffery Deaver

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.
Jeffery Deaver

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.
Jeffery Deaver

Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.
Jeffery Deaver

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.
Jeffery Deaver

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with.
Jeffery Deaver