“The
most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that
requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it's a fun job, a
wonderful job, but sometimes it isn't, and those are the days that test you.”
– Jesse Kellerman
Kellerman, who celebrated his 38th
birthday yesterday, is a Los Angeles native and oldest son of the bestselling
mystery novelists Faye Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman. While he studied psychology at Harvard and
playwriting at Brandeis University, it didn’t take long for him to gravitate to
“the family business,” and since the arrival of his first novel in 2006 (Sunstroke) he has had 5 bestsellers of
his own.
“All my books deal with the effect
of intent upon action, how our understanding of good and evil depends heavily
on context,” he said.
Most recently, he collaborated with
his father 
on The Golem of Hollywood. The psycho-suspense thriller combines
Jonathan 's affinity for police procedures and Jesse 's use of unusual
psychological suspense in a hunt for a murderer linked to a Jewish legend.
When asked what it’s like to follow
in the footsteps of not one, but two famous writers and try to live up to their
legacy, he noted, “All writers start out mimicking other writers. I've never
relinquished that. I have a good ear for speech and writing patterns.”
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