Sherratt, Jeff

Jeff Sherratt was born in Los Angeles, California in 1941, and raised in the nearby suburb of Downey. This was the setting he used for his acclaimed Jimmy O'Brian series. The series includes: The Brimstone Murders, noir fiction, Detour to Murder, and Guilty or Else, nominated for the Panik Award by Left Coast Crime. Jeff was a past board member of the Sisters in Crime/LA, and a member of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in August 2012, leaving a wife of 49 years, three daughters, and seven grandchildren.