Aaron Elkins is a former anthropologist and professor who has been
writing mysteries and thrillers since 1982. His major continuing
series features forensic anthropologist‑detective Gideon Oliver,
“the Skeleton Detective.” There are fifteen published titles to
date in the series. The Gideon Oliver books have been (roughly)
translated into a major ABC‑TV series and have been selections of
the Book‑of‑the‑Month Club, the Literary Guild, and the Readers
Digest Condensed Mystery Series. His work has been published in a
dozen languages.
Mr. Elkins won the 1988 Edgar Award for best mystery of the
year for Old Bones, the fourth book in the Gideon Oliver
Series. He and his cowriter and wife, Charlotte, also won an Agatha
Award, and he has also won a Nero Wolfe Award. Mr. Elkins lives on
Washington’s Olympic Peninsula with Charlotte.
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