Keir Graff

Keir Graff writes thrillers, mysteries, and contemporary fiction for adults, and adventure novels for younger readers. Recent works include The Royal Game and The Three Mrs. Wrights, both of which were coauthored with Linda Joffe Hull under the name Linda Keir. With James Patterson, he is the coauthor of the middle-grade mystery Minerva Keen’s Detective Club, and working solo he has published four middle-grade novels,
including The Tiny Mansion, The Phantom Tower (a Chicago Tribune Best Children’s Book) and The Matchstick Castle (an Illinois Reads official selection). He is the editor of
the anthology A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space and coeditor (with James Grady) of the crime-fiction anthology Montana Noir (one of Parade‘s “Books We Love”). The former executive editor of Booklist, he lives in
Chicago, where he is the cofounder and cohost of the much-loved literary gathering Publishing Cocktails, and the cohost of the Filmographers Podcast. He provides writing advice and book recommendations in his free monthly newsletter, Graff Paper. Learn more at keirgraff.com.