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Jesse Kellerman

Known for: Self Help, The Genius, The Golem of Hollywood

About the creator

About Jesse Kellerman

Jesse Kellerman is an award-winning novelist whose work spans literary thrillers, mysteries, and crime fiction. He has published five solo novels and six novels in collaboration with his father, bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman. His solo debut The Brutal Art won the 2009 Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle for best crime novel. In 2024, Kellerman teamed with his longtime friend Owen King to create Self Help, a five-issue California noir comic series published by Syzygy Publishing at Image Comics, with art by Marianna Ignazzi. The series follows a down-on-his-luck rideshare driver who steals the identity of a famous self-help guru and gets trapped in a web of criminal activity.

Starter shelf

Recommended Reading

Self Help #1-5

trade-paperback

His California noir comics debut with Owen King

Career arc

Career Highlights

2008
Published The Brutal Art (solo debut novel)
2009
Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle for best crime novel
2014
The Golem of Hollywood with Jonathan Kellerman
2024
Self Help comic series launches at Image Comics with Owen King