Fayed married husband Jonathan Kellerman who is a psychologist and novelist. She attended UCLA and received BA in mathematics and subsequently, a doctorate in dentistry though never practiced dentistry. As a young child, she fell in love with Gothic, Westerns and later on Mystery and crimes.

Louis, Missouri on Jin Jewish community.įaye grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She is well known for the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series of mystery novels. Dentist turned writer, Faye Kellerman is one of the new York time bestselling author. I can’t fix real life but if I choose, I can do it in fiction.” said Faye Kellerman on why crime writing. They usually have beginnings, middles and ends and a tremendous sense of satisfaction. Crime novels are the perfect vehicle to propel the plot. “I really do try to imbue my books with a little bit of style. Precious Ramotswe (By:Alexander McCall Smith) Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By:Charles Todd) Pendergast (By:Douglas Preston)Ĭharlotte and Thomas Pitt (By:Anne Perry) a desire for justice, a suspicious nature, an overactive imagination, and of course, a penchant for the bizarre.Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By:Robert Crais)Īloysius X. Upon being asked how an educated Dentist becomes an accomplished, award winning author, she said it was. She has four children, and lives in Los Angeles and Santa Fe. As if all that writing and creating were not enough, she also has hobbies of gardening, sewing, and jogging. She has also received awards for her collection of short stories. They include such titles as: Sacred and Profane Milk and Honey Day of Atonement Justice Prayers for the Dead, and many others. The Decker/Lazarus thrillers are among her most successful works.

She first became a housewife and mother, then developed her writing career.įaye Kellerman has well over twenty million copies of her novels in circulation. Even though she fully intended to be a dentist, she never practiced even one day in the dental profession. in mathematics, and then earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery. Keeping it in the family.įaye Kellerman's early history is a very interesting one. Their youngest, a daughter, Aliza Kellerman, co-wrote Prism, a novel for young adults, with her mother. And, to make it even better, their oldest child, Jesse Kellerman is a best-selling novelist and award winning playwright. The pair of authors is the only married couple to have been on The New York Times best seller list at the same time. Mystery author, Faye Kellerman, not only writes amazing, best-selling mysteries, but is married to famous author, Jonathan Kellerman.

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