Jeff Lindsay - And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifte

And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?

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Lindsay, Jeff. Dearly Devoted Dexter. Vintage Books, 2005, p. 210.

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About the Author

Jeff Lindsay

Born: July 14, 1952
Nationality: American
Profession: Writer

Biography

Jeffry P. Freundlich, primarily known by his pen name Jeff Lindsay, is an American playwright and crime novelist best known for his novels about sociopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan. 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. Lindsay was born in Miami and graduated from Ransom Everglades School in 1970, and from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975.

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