An award nominee for Best Mystery in a foreign setting (Left Coast Crime for MYKONOS AFTER MIDNIGHT), "Siger paints travelogue-worthy pictures of a breathtakingly beautiful--if politically corrupt--Greece." Publishers Weekly in its Starred Review of SONS OF SPARTA, the latest in the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey practiced law at a major Wall Street law firm and while there served as Special Counsel to the citizens group responsible for reporting on New York City's prison conditions. He left Wall Street to establish his own New York City law firm and continued as one of its name partners until giving it all up to write full-time among the people, life, and politics of his beloved Mykonos, his adopted home of thirty years. When not in Greece, he enjoys his other home, a farm outside New York City.The New York Times described his novels as "thoughtful police procedurals set in picturesque but not untroubled Greek locales," the Greek Press said his work is "prophetic," Eurocrime called him a "very gifted American author...on a par with other American authors such as Joseph Wambaugh or Ed McBain," and the City of San Francisco awarded him its Certificate of Honor citing that his "acclaimed books have not only explored modern Greek society and its ancient roots but have inspired political change in Greece." The New York Journal of Books wrote, "Siger is one of those rare writers whose finger is always on the pulse of modern day upheavals. He is never afraid to tackle and expose uncomfortable subjects--subjects most writers avoid...a master story teller."Jeff also serves as Chair of the National Board of Bouchercon, the world's largest mystery convention.