傑夫裏·迪弗一九五〇年齣生於芝加哥，十一歲時寫齣瞭他的第一本小說，從此筆耕不輟。迪弗畢業於密蘇裏大學新聞係，後進入福德漢姆法學院研修法律。在法律界實踐瞭一段時間後，他在華爾街一傢大律師事務所開始瞭律師生涯。他興趣廣泛，曾自己寫歌唱歌，進行巡演，也曾當過雜誌社記者。與此同時，他開始發展自己真正的興趣：寫懸疑小說。一九九〇年起，迪弗成為一名全職作傢。

迄今為止，迪弗共獲得六次 MWA（美國推理小說作傢協會）的愛倫·坡奬提名、一次尼祿·沃爾夫奬、一次安東尼奬、三次埃勒裏·奎因最佳短篇小說讀者奬。迪弗的小說被翻譯成三十五種語言，多次登上世界各地的暢銷書排行榜。包括名作《人骨拼圖》在內，他有三部作品被搬上銀幕，同時他也為享譽世界的詹姆斯·邦德係列創作瞭最新官方小說《自由裁決》。

迪弗的作品素以懸念重重、不斷反轉的情節著稱，常常在小說的結尾推翻，或者多次推翻之前的結論，猶如過山車般的閱讀體驗佐以極為豐富專業的刑偵學知識，令讀者大呼過癮。其最著名的林肯·萊姆係列便是個中翹楚。另外兩個以非刑偵專業人員為主角的少女魯伊係列和電影外景勘測員約翰·佩拉姆係列也各有特色，同樣繼承瞭迪弗小說布局精細、節奏緊張的特點，驚悚懸疑的氣氛保持到最後一頁仍迴味悠長。

除瞭犯罪偵探小說，作為美食傢的他還有意大利美食方麵的書行世。

The New York Times bestselling author of The Empty Chair and The Devil's Teardrop, is back displaying his "ticking-bomb suspense" (People) in this never-before-published thriller.

Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents such as Ettie Washington in a no-budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.

As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchen -- and John Pellam -- at its blackened and searing epicenter.