Dean Feldmeyer

Dean Feldmeyer

Dean Feldmeyer is the Edgar-nominated author of the popular "Dan Thompson" mysteries.
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Dean says, "In the Dan Thompson mysteries I have attempted to blend the dark edge of the hard-boiled detective novel with the humor of the clerical mystery, and put them together in an area that I have loved for nearly 40 years."

Dean Feldmeyer is actually a real-life Methodist minister living in Ohio, but with strong ties to the South.Since his youth he was involved in home repair and other service projects in the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.His grandmother served as a dormitory parent at an orphanage in the hills of Eastern Kentucky.

Before the ministry claimed him, Dean was a professional actor, high school teacher, cook, and dock worker.As a minister he has served as a hospital and police chaplain, and a lecturer on theology, family dynamics, and parenting teenagers at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio, the Bank One College, the Ohio Valley Course of Study School, and the United States Army War College.In addition to writing mysteries, he has either written or contributed to a half dozen books on parenting or youth ministries, and has written articles for a number of magazines.He also wrote a play, Homefront, set in a small Indiana town during World War II (Eldridge Publishing).

Dean lives with his wife of 28 years, Jean.His son and daughter are in college.In his spare time he enjoys wood carving and directing the drama department of the local high school.He has continued his Dan Thompson mysteries with Cut-Through Valley , released by Silver Dagger in July 2000.

Dean Feldmeyer