Jonathan Hayes
Jonathan Hayes attended medical school at the University of London. Graduating with honors, he did internships in medicine and surgery before moving to the United States. He trained in anatomic pathology at Boston University Medical Center, then did a fellowship in forensic pathology in Miami, a one year position as an Associate Medical Examiner for Dade County. He moved to New York City, where he is a Senior Medical Examiner in the Manhattan office. He's a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University School of Medicine, and lectures internationally on forensics. He has lectured at the New York Police Department Homicide Investigation Course for 18 years, and is a founding instructor in the National Institute of Justice Death Investigation Course.
He started his writing career as a music critic, covering the electronic music of the nightclub and rave cultures of the mid-1990's, then gradually moved on to write about food. His work has appeared in Food & Wine, Gourmet, the New York Times, New York Magazine, GQ and many other magazines; he was a contributing editor at Martha Stewart Living, until giving up his position to focus on crime fiction. His first novel, PRECIOUS BLOOD (Harper Collins), introduced readers to Jenner, a medical examiner hunting a serial killer in New York City. The next Jenner book, A HARD DEATH (Harper Collins) finds Jenner in south Florida, investigating the murder of his mentor.
