JANUARY AND JULY will be out in the US and Canada in all formats on July 7, 2026
There is a printable book list here.
I tend to daydream a lot before starting a book, and take a lot of notes, then I write a fairly detailed outline of scenes. I often know how the book will end and have imagined a number of major scenes throughout, but not always how I will get there. When I’m about two-thirds done I reoutline the whole book so I know that I’m delivering on all I promised. I write every day, although the number of hours varies depending on where I am in the book. Longer hours come toward the end.
Ideas are not the hard part of writing. I have ideas all the time. The challenge is understanding which ideas are the most interesting and powerful and dramatic, and then finding the best way to bring them to life. It’s all in the execution, because the idea is where the work begins, not where it ends.
A couple of my books are currently under option with studios/producers. Others have been optioned in the past. It’s always a fluid situation.
There is a list of all languages and countries Jeff’s books are published here.
In the UK, the US book known as COLLISION was titled RUN; my publisher liked that title better for the book. It’s a decision made by publishers for what is best in their country.
My time for speaking engagements is very limited due to book and family obligations. If you are interested in me speaking at your event, please contact my publicist Rebecca Malzahn at Blackstone Publishing.
I’m always happy to sign books at store signings and events but unfortunately I have had to stop accepting books sent to me or signing bookplates or photos. Thanks for understanding.
I never say never, but right now I’m thinking about some other books I’d like to write.
If you have a great idea, then you should write it. I have more ideas than I will ever get to write and I’m going to focus on those. I wish you good luck with your idea!
For legal and other reasons, I can’t read unpublished, unsolicited manuscripts. My best writing advice is: writing is rewriting. Polish, polish, polish your work until it is the best you can do.
Re getting published, I think the best advice I’ve seen is author (and former agent) Nathan Bransford’s essays on Essentials of Publishing, available here. Plus, it’s been so long since I had to look for an agent that I fear I am not the best source how that works these days. But there are new authors being published all the time. Educate yourself on the business (there are tons of resources online).