Jeffry P. Freundlich (born July 14, 1952), primarily known by his pen name Jeff Lindsay, is an American playwright and crime novelist.

He is best known for his novels about the fictional sociopathic police forensic analyst and serial killer-killing vigilante Dexter Morgan.

Lindsay was born in Miami[1] and graduated from Ransom Everglades School in 1970, and from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975.

[2] Many of his earlier published works include his wife Hilary Hemingway as a co-author.

The first book in the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (which Lindsay wanted to name "Pinocchio Bleeds" after his middle daughter suggested it but his publisher disagreed)[3] was included on the original nomination list for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards in the Best First Novel category.