Jeffrey Siger is an American author, best known for his crime thriller/mystery novels. He is the author of the Andreas Kaldis series, which explores issues of Greek society and incorporates the ancient history of the country. Siger was born in Pittsburgh and had a successful career on Wall Street as a lawyer before deciding to pursue his passion for writing. He left his law career to write thriller novels that tell it like it is, with a focus on societal issues in modern Greece.
Siger now lives on the island of Mykonos in Greece. According to him, some locals warned him that if he started sprinkling murders with a message across Greece's tourist paradises, he might be banished or even hung. However, his debut novel, Murder in Mykonos, became a bestseller in both English and Greek, which only encouraged him to continue writing. His work is published in the US, UK, Germany, and Greece, and he has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the mystery genre.
Siger's novels are known for their fast-paced stories and thoughtful exploration of serious societal issues confronting modern-day Greece. The New York Times selected the fourth book in his Andreas Kaldis series, Target: Tinos, as one of its five "picks for the beach," and Left Coast Crime nominated the fifth book, Mykonos After Midnight, as Best Mystery in a Foreign Setting. In 2016, his seventh book, Devil of Delphi, received a Barry Award Best Novel Nomination.
Siger has also been honored by the Greek Government's General Secretariat of Media and Communications, which selected him as one of six authors writing mysteries that serve as a guide to Greece. Library Journal named his ninth book in the series, An Aegean April, as one of the best books of 2018. A consortium of producers has agreed to bring his series to the screen, with filming to take place on location in Greece.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Siger practiced law at a major Wall Street law firm and served as Special Counsel to the citizens group responsible for reporting on New York City's prison conditions. He later established his own New York City law firm and served as one of its name partners until he gave it up to write full-time in Greece. Siger has also served as National Board Chair of Bouchercon World Mystery Convention and Adjunct Professor of English at Washington and Jefferson College, teaching mystery writing.