Jonathan Hayes, a veteran forensic pathologist, has worked in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York performing autopsies and testifying in murder trials since 1990. Born in Bristol, England, he attended medical school at the University of London before moving to the United States to train in pathology at the Boston University Medical Center and in forensics at the Dade County Medical Examiner's Office in Miami. Since 1993 he has held a teaching appointment at the New York University School of Medicine. He lectures nationally on forensic science. Hayes is also a contributing editor at Martha Stewart Living and writes regularly for the New York Times, New York, GQ, Gourmet, and Food & Wine. He lives in New York City. Precious Blood is his first novel.