Jon Jefferson

Jon Jefferson is a prolific author, veteran journalist, and seasoned documentary writer/producer. His two-part National Geographic documentary--Biography of a Corpse and Anatomy of a Corpse--took millions of viewers behind the razor-ire fence of the University of Tennessee's renowned Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm.

Under the pen name Jefferson Bass--collaborating with forensic legend Bill Bass--he has written ten crime novels in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm series. He has also written two true-crime books about Bass's career and cases.

A runner, cyclist, and pilot, Jefferson lives and writes in Athens, Georgia.