DEON MEYER is the internationally acclaimed, bestselling, and prizewinning author of crime thrillers, both series and standalone. He won the Deutsche Krimi Preis 2009 for Blood Safari, Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2003 for Dead Before Dying and Le Prix Mystère de la Critique 2004 for Dead at Daybreak, which was adapted for an Afrikaans M-Net TV series (SA). Thirteen Hours was the winner of the Barry Award in the Best Thriller category 2011 and was shortlisted for the Macavity Best Mystery Novel Award. He has been shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger three times. Rights in his titles are sold in 30 territories and 28 languages and many of his books have been optioned for film. Dead Before Dying was filmed for a 6-part TV series, titled Cape Town, featuring his character Mat Joubert. He is constantly in demand for appearances at festivals and tours around the world.