About the Authors

Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson team up as “Jefferson Bass.” They have authored the New York Times bestselling series of Body Farm novels, Carved in Bone, Flesh and Bone, and The Devil’s Bone.

Dr. Bass is a world-renowned forensic anthropologist who founded the University of Tennessee’s Body Farm (see Body Farm page for more details). He has authored over two hundred scientific publications as well as a nonfiction account of the body farm called Death’s Acre.

Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, science writer, and documentary filmmaker. His work has been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science and broadcast on National Public Radio. He also coauthored Death’s Acre. He has produced two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm.