Welcome to Jeri Westerson's Author Page

Noir and hard-boiled fiction seem to be in Jeri Westerson’s blood. She was born and bred on the mean streets of Los Angeles, inhaling smog and enduring earthquakes. Newspaper reporter, would-be actress, graphic artist; these are the things she spent her time on before becoming a novelist. She took all that gritty edginess and plunked it into the Middle Ages, creating the newest hard-boiled detective, Crispin Guest; disgraced knight turned PI, solving crimes on the mean streets of fourteenth century London in her debut Medieval Noir, VEIL OF LIES. Jeri’s debut garnered nominations for the Macavity for the Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery and the Shamus for Best First PI Novel, the first medieval mystery to be so honored.

The Boston Globe called her detective, “A medieval Sam Spade, a tough guy who operates according to his own moral compass…this book is pure fun.” Booklist said, “…this authentically detailed medieval mystery has an intriguingly dark edge.” Library Journal gave it a starred review and Historical Novel Society Review made it an Editor’s Choice title.

The next in the series, SERPENT IN THE THORNS, is now in bookstores. Kirkus Review called it, “Appealling…Crispin’s derring-do is distinctly entertaining,” while Library Journal said, “Readers who can’t get enough of medieval historicals will snap this one up.”

She’s on the board of directors for the southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America, a member of Sisters in Crime and Private Eye Writers of America. Visit Jeri’s website www.JeriWesterson.com, or visit her blog www.Getting-Medieval.com.