

D. F. Bailey
Thrillers, Mystery, Conspiracy
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Bio:
D. F. (Don) Bailey’s first psychological thriller, Fire Eyes, was a W.H. Smith First Novel Award finalist. His second novel, Healing the Dead, was translated into German as Tödliche Ahnungen. The Good Lie (2008) is set in his adopted hometown of Victoria. His fourth novel, Exit from America, appeared in 2013.
In 2015, he published The Finch Trilogy — Bone Maker, Stone Eater, Lone Hunter — three novels narrated from the point of view of a crime reporter in contemporary San Francisco. Following the success of the trilogy, he introduced The Will Finch Thriller series based on the characters from the first three books. The 10th novel in the saga, Echo Sound, will be published in 2025.
After his birth in Montreal, Don’s family moved around North America from rural Ontario to New York City to Mississippi and New Jersey. “After years of seeking the ideal place to live,” he says, “I finally landed on my feet on Vancouver Island — where I live next to the Salish Sea in the city of Victoria."
For twenty-two years, he worked at the University of Victoria, where he taught creative writing and journalism and coordinated the Professional Writing Cooperative Education Program — which he co-founded. From time to time, he also freelanced as a business writer and journalist. In the fall of 2010, Don left the university so that he “could turn my preoccupation with writing into a full-blown obsession."