Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer is the author of 5 novels, The Death Artist , Color Blind , The Killing Art , The Murder Notebook , and Anatomy of Fear , which won the Nero Wolfe Award for best crime novel of 2009. His first novel, The Death Artist , was an international bestseller and translated into 22 languages. Santlofer is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy In Rome, the Vermont Studio Center and serves on the board of Yaddo,...See more

Jonathan Santlofer is the author of 5 novels, The Death Artist , Color Blind , The Killing Art , The Murder Notebook , and Anatomy of Fear , which won the Nero Wolfe Award for best crime novel of 2009. His first novel, The Death Artist , was an international bestseller and translated into 22 languages. Santlofer is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy In Rome, the Vermont Studio Center and serves on the board of Yaddo, the oldest arts community in the U.S. He also serves on the boards of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Crime Writers of North America. A well-known artist, Santlofer's work is in such collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Tokyo's Institute of Contemporary Art. He lives in New York City where he writes and paints. See less