Jonathan Kellerman (born August 9, 1949) is an American psychologist and author of suspense novels. His writings on psychology (and specifically psychopathology) include Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children. Most of his stories take place in a clinical setting, and feature the popular character of Alex Delaware, a child psychologist. He has also written several essays and children's books.

Biography

Kellerman was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles. He received a B.A. in Psychology at UCLA and a Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Southern California, where he is currently Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine.

His internship and post-doctoral fellowship were at the Children's Hospital/School of Medicine, where he became founding director of the Psychosocial Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology.

Kellerman lives in Los Angeles with his wife Faye Kellerman, herself a well-known mystery writer. Both of them practice Orthodox Judaism. They also have four children. Their oldest, Jesse Kellerman, is a published author and playwright too.

When The Bough Breaks (1985) (Edgar Award, Best First Novel, 1986)

Blood Test (1986)

Over The Edge (1987)

Silent Partner (1989)

Time Bomb (1990)

Private Eyes (1992)

Devil's Waltz (1993)

Bad Love (1994)

Self-Defense (1995)

The Web (1996)

The Clinic (1997)

Survival Of The Fittest (1997)

Monster (1999)

Dr. Death (2000)

Flesh and Blood (2001)

The Murder Book (2002)

A Cold Heart (2003)

Therapy (2004)

Rage (2005)

Gone (2006)

Obsession (2007)

Compulsion (March 2008)

Bones (October 2008)

Survival of the Fittest (1997)

Billy Straight (1998)

Twisted (2004)

Obsession (2007)

The Butcher's Theater (1988)

The Conspiracy Club (2003)

Capital Crimes (2007) (with Faye Kellerman)

True Detectives (2009)

Blood Test, When the Bough Breaks, Over the Edge (1990)

Devil's Waltz; Bad Love (2003)

Double Homicide (2005) (with Faye Kellerman)

Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer (1980)

Helping the Fearful Child (1981)

Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (1999)

The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 (2008) (with Thomas H. Cook and Otto Penzler)

With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars (2008)

Daddy, Daddy, Can You Touch the Sky? (1994)

Jonathan Kellerman's ABC of Weird Creatures (1995)

Faye Kellerman (born 1952 in St. Louis) is an American author of mystery novels, in particular the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series, as well as three non-series books, The Quality of Mercy, Moon Music and Straight into Darkness.

She attended UCLA where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theoretical Mathematics in 1974. Four years later she received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree. At that time she "fully intended to pursue a career as a dentist". Despite her intention, she has never practiced dentistry and was a full-time mother before publishing her first novel. In a 1997 essay she says she can't pinpoint the metamorphosis from oral hygienist to writer of detective fiction, but several factors that steered her toward mystery writing were: "a desire for justice, a suspicious nature, an overactive imagination, and, or course, a penchant for the bizarre."

Kellerman is a practicing Orthodox Jew, as is her husband, the novelist Jonathan Kellerman. Her writing frequently deals with Jewish themes and characters, incorporating them into the framework of the traditional mystery. The Peter Decker books, for example, center on a police detective raised as a Southern Baptist who returns to his Jewish roots after falling in love with Rina Lazarus, an Orthodox Jew, while investigating a rape that took place near a yeshiva.

The Kellermans are the only married couple ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously (for two different books). They have four children and live in Los Angeles, California. She is also the mother of novelist and playwright, Jesse Kellerman.

1. The Ritual Bath (1986)

2. Sacred and Profane (1987)

3. Milk and Honey (1990)

4. Day of Atonement (1991)

5. False Prophet (1992)

6. Grievous Sin (1993)

7. Sanctuary (1994)

8. Justice (1995)

9. Prayers for the Dead (1996)

10. A Serpent's Tooth (1997)

11. Jupiter's Bones (1999)

12. Stalker (2000)

13. The Forgotten (2001)

14. Stone Kiss (2002)

15. Street Dreams (2003)

16. The Burnt House (2007)

17. The Mercedes Coffin aka Cold Case (2008)

The Quality of Mercy (1989)

Moon Music (1998)

Stalker (2000) - features Cynthia Decker

Double Homicide (2004) - written with Jonathan Kellerman

Straight Into Darkness (2005)

The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights (2006)

Capital Crimes (2006) - written with Jonathan Kellerman