Jesse Kellerman, author portrait
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Jesse Kellerman

Jesse Kellerman won the Princess Grace Award for best young American playwright and is the author of Sunstroke, Trouble (nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Novel), The Genius (winner of the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle), The Executor, and Potboiler (nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel). He lives in California.
Coyote Hills
The Lost Coast
The Burning
Half Moon Bay
A Measure of Darkness
Crime Scene
The Golem of Paris
The Golem of Hollywood
Potboiler
The Executor
The Genius
Trouble
Sunstroke

Books

Coyote Hills
The Lost Coast
The Burning
Half Moon Bay
A Measure of Darkness
Crime Scene
The Golem of Paris
The Golem of Hollywood
Potboiler
The Executor
The Genius
Trouble
Sunstroke

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