Jeff Lindsay
{{Short description|American playwright and crime novelist (born 1952)}}
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| name = Jeff Lindsay
| image = File:Jeff lindsay 2013.jpg
| caption = Jeff Lindsay at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
| pseudonym = Jeffry P. Lindsay
|birth_name=Jeffry P. Freundlich
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|14}}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.
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| occupation = Writer
| spouse = Hilary Hemingway
| notableworks = Dexter series
| period = 1994–present
| genre = Mystery
| alma_mater=Middlebury College
| children = 3
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Jeffry P. Freundlich (born July 14, 1952), primarily known by his pen name Jeff Lindsay, is an American playwright and crime novelist. He is best known for his novels about the fictional psychopathic police forensic analyst and serial killer-killing vigilante Dexter Morgan. The first book of the series was later developed into the Showtime television series of the same name with actor Michael C. Hall playing the character.
Life and career
Lindsay was born in Miami{{cite web|title=Dexter Crew|url=http://dexterwiki.sho.com/page/Dexter+Crew|work=Showtime's Official Dexter Site|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=August 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528102814/http://dexterwiki.sho.com/page/Dexter+Crew|archive-date=May 28, 2009|url-status=dead}} and graduated from Ransom Everglades School in 1970, and from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975.{{cite web|title=Author's Collection Donated to College|url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070920%2FNEWS01%2F709200338%2F1002%2FNEWS01&template=printart|work=Rutlandherald.com|date=September 29, 2007|access-date=2007-09-30|archive-date=2007-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019032749/http://rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070920%2FNEWS01%2F709200338%2F1002%2FNEWS01&template=printart|url-status=dead}}
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.
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){{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Melissa |date=2009-03-03 |title=Dexter is delicious |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/dexter-is-delicious-20090304-geavi7.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en}} 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, Jeffry P. Lindsay.
Dexter aired as a series on Showtime with the first season based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter and actor Michael C. Hall playing the character. The show eventually ran for eight seasons, though subsequent seasons had original storylines that departed from the plots of Lindsay's books. Lindsay had a cameo role in the tenth episode of the third season of Dexter.{{cite web|title='Dexter's Final Cut' by Jeff Lindsay Coming In September|url=http://www.dexterdaily.com/2013/03/dexters-final-cut-by-jeff-lindsay.html|work=Dexter Daily|access-date=April 12, 2013|date=March 14, 2013}} Lindsay has also written a comic book version of Dexter, distributed by Marvel comics, and which consists of two mini-series: Dexter and Dexter: Down Under.
Lindsay and Hemingway live in Cape Coral, Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/26/dexter-jeff-lindsay-red-tide-tropical-depression-cape-coral/74622488/|title='Dexter' author returns with new character, book series|last=Runnells|first=Charles|date=October 26, 2015|work=News-Press|access-date=4 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/539032/Writing-duo-share-thoughts-on-careers--life-in-the-spotlight.html?nav=5011 |title=Writing duo share thoughts on careers, life in the spotlight |last=Garrett |first=Craig |date=March 27, 2014 |work=Cape Coral Daily Breeze |access-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821023339/http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/539032/Writing-duo-share-thoughts-on-careers--life-in-the-spotlight.html?nav=5011 |archive-date=21 August 2016 }} They have three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.servinghousejournal.com/schwartzinterviewlindsay.aspx|title=An Interview with Author Jeff Lindsay, The Man Behind Showtime's #1 Series, Dexter|author=Marla E. Schwartz|date=October 8, 2010|access-date=December 8, 2018|archive-date=December 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124003/http://www.servinghousejournal.com/schwartzinterviewlindsay.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Bibliography
=Novels=
==''Billy Knight Thrillers'' series==
- Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense, or Tropical Depression (1994)
- : Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense (1994), as Jeffry P. Lindsay
- : Tropical Depression (2015)
- Red Tide (2015)
==''Dexter'' series==
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004)
- Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005)
- Dexter in the Dark (2007)
- Dexter by Design (2009)
- Dexter Is Delicious (2010)
- Double Dexter (2011)
- Dexter's Final Cut (2013)
- Dexter Is Dead (2015)
==''Riley Wolfe'' series==
- Just Watch Me (2019)
- Fool Me Twice (2020){{Cite web |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Mystery/Thriller Book Review: Fool Me Twice by Jeff Lindsay |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-524743-97-0 |access-date=December 2, 2020 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
- Three-Edged Sword (2022)
- The Fourth Rule (2023)
==Stand-alones==
- Dream Land: A Novel of the UFO Cover-Up (1995), as Jeffry P. Lindsay, with Hilary Hemingway
- Time Blender (1997), as Jeffry P. Lindsay, with Michael Dorn and Hilary Hemingway, {{ISBN|978-0-06-105682-6}}
- Dreamchild (1998), as Jeffry P. Lindsay, with Hilary Hemingway, {{ISBN|978-0-312-85631-1}}
=Comics=
- Dexter: A Graphic Novel (2013–2014), 5 volumes
- Dexter Down Under (2014), 5 volumes
=Non-fiction=
- Hunting with Hemingway: Based on the Stories of Leicester Hemingway, or Hunting with Hemingway (2000), with Hilary Hemingway, {{ISBN|978-1-57322-159-7}}, biography
Adaptations
- Dexter (2006–2013), television series created by James Manos Jr., based on Dexter series
- Dexter: Serial Killer by Night (2006), short film, based on Dexter series
- Dexter: Blood Spatter (2006), animated series, based on Dexter series
- The Dark Defender (2007), animated series, based on Dexter series
- Dexter: Early Cuts (2009–2012), animated series directed by Marco Fernandez, based on Dexter series
- Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022), miniseries directed by Marcos Siega, based on Dexter series
- Dexter: Original Sin (2024-), television series created by Clyde Phillips{{Cite web |last=Wigler |first=Josh |date=2025-01-11 |title=‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Creator on Shooting That Iconic Scene, Easter Eggs and Fates of New Characters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/dexter-original-sin-dexter-harry-clyde-phillips-interview-1236106601/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Footnotes
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{Cite news | title = Creating a serial killer who kills other killers | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/29/apontv.dextercreator.ap/index.html | publisher = CNN | agency = Associated Press | date = 2007-08-28 | access-date = 2012-12-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903041403/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/29/apontv.dextercreator.ap/index.html |archive-date = September 3, 2007}}
- {{Cite news | title = Delicious Dexter to bite into cannibalism | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/dexter-bites-into-cannibalism/2009/03/02/1235842301121.html | work = Sydney Morning Herald | agency = AAP | date = 2009-03-02 | access-date = 2012-12-25 }}
External links
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- [http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/dexter/ Random House Dexter web site]
- [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/jeff-lindsay/ Fantastic Fiction Author Page]
- {{Imdb name|2416255}}
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