Jeff Abbott (born 1963) is a U.S. suspense novelist. He has degrees in History and English from

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

. He lives in

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. Before writing full-time, he was a creative director at an advertising agency. His early novels were traditional

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, but in recent years he has turned to writing thriller fiction. A theme of his work is the idea of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary danger and fighting to return to their normal lives. His novels are published in several countries and have also been bestsellers in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France and Portugal. He is also Creative Director at Springbox, a

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company.

Bibliography

The Jordan Poteet mysteries

These novels are more traditional mysteries, centering on Poteet's eccentric family in a small Texas town. # '' Do Unto Others'' (Oct 1994) winner of the

Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no expli ...

(given by Malice Domestic) and the

Macavity Award The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' ...

(given by

Mystery Readers International Mystery Readers International is a fan/reader organization open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers of Mystery fiction. It was founded by Janet A. Rudolph in Berkeley, California. It publishes the ''Mystery Readers Jo ...

) for Best First Novel, nominated for the

Dilys Award The Dilys Award was presented every year from 1992 to 2014 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It was given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Independent Mystery Bookseller ...

given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Associations. #'' The Only Good Yankee'' (Apr 1995)–nominated for the Writers' League of Texas Violet Crown Award #'' Promises of Home'' (Jan 1996) #'' Distant Blood'' (Sep 1996)

The Whit Mosley series

Mosley is a Texas judge and

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who partners with investigator Claudia Salazar in a

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county. These books are darker and more thriller-oriented than the Poteet novels. #'' A Kiss Gone Bad'' (Oct 2001)–nominated for the

Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

at Bouchercon XXXIII in the "Best paperback original" category. #'' Black Jack Point'' (Sep 2002)—nominated for the

Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...

(given by

Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award ...

),; the

for "Best paperback original"; and also for the Barry Award. #'' Cut and Run'' (Nov 2003)—nominated for the

The Sam Capra Series

Capra is a brilliant

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agent who is set up and loses everything that matters to him. He then uses his skills to help the helpless, protect the innocent and track down those who took his family from him.

Stand-alone Novels

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Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...

'' (Aug 2005)—nominated for the Thriller Award (given by the

International Thriller Writers International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide h ...

). ''Panic'', has been optioned for film by

The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prior ...

and is in development. * ''

Fear Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear ...

'' (Aug 2006) * ''

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'' (Jul 2008)—known as ''Run'' in the United Kingdom Collision, has been optioned for film by

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. * '' Trust Me'' (Jul 2009) *''Blame'' (Jul 2017) *''The Three Beths'' (October 2018) *''Never Ask Me'' (July 2020) *''An Ambush of Widows'' (July 2021)

Anthologies and Collections

References

External links

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Jeff Abbott's Blog at http://blog.jeffabbott.com
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