Who is the author of the Dexter novel series?

The author of the Dexter novel series is Jeff Lindsay. His first Dexter book, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, introduced Dexter Morgan as a Miami police blood-spatter analyst who secretly hunts other killers.

Lindsay is the pen name of Jeffry P. Freundlich, an American crime novelist and playwright born in Miami in 1952. The first novel was published in 2004 and later provided part of the foundation for Showtime’s Dexter, which premiered in 2006.

The novels and television series share the central character and some broad ideas, but they diverge significantly in plot, characterization, and ending. The book series consists of eight novels, ending with Dexter Is Dead in 2015. A common mix-up is crediting the television show’s creator, James Manos Jr., as the author of the novels; Manos Jr. developed the TV adaptation, while Lindsay wrote the books.