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Jay B. Greene

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Jay B. Greene

Author | Investigative Reporter | Storyteller

I spent more than forty years as an investigative reporter, chasing stories across police beats, healthcare companies, government offices, and courtrooms. Today, I bring that same instinct for truth into my fiction—writing crime novels and thrillers rooted in real-world drama, where the stakes are high, and the consequences are real.

I was born and raised in Sarasota, and I still live there. I studied environmental science and journalism at the University of Florida, two fields that continue to shape my work. Over the course of my career, I covered healthcare, government, crime, and environmental issues for newspapers across the country, and I still freelance for publications in Saras
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Investigative reporter and author Jay B. Greene

Hi everyone, I’m Jay B. Greene. I spent over 40 years as an investigative reporter covering healthcare, crime, and government.

I now write mystery novels featuring a journalist as the main character, which lets me bring some real-world reporting into fiction.

My latest Jack Kendall novel is Nokomis Hospital. I just finished Breakthrough Lies, which I sent to my copyeditor, Scott Colby of Boson. By A Read more of this blog post »
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