Faye Kellerman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Sherman Oaks, California, is a bestselling author of dozens of mystery novels. She earned her bachelor's in mathematics and a doctorate in dental surgery at the UCLA. Her first novel
The Ritual Bath was published in 1986 and won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel. Her novel
Prayers for the Dead was listed by the
Los Angeles Times as one of the best crime novels of 2001. Kellerman also co-authored the
New York Times-bestseller
Double Homicide with her husband, Jonathan Kellerman, and the young adult novel
Prism with her daughter, Aliza Kellerman.
