Jonathan Sant­lofer is a writer and artist. His debut nov­el, The Death Artist was an inter­na­tion­al best­seller trans­lat­ed into 17 lan­guages and is the author of The Lost Van Gogh. Jonathan cre­at­ed the Crime Fic­tion Acad­e­my as The Cen­ter for Fic­tion. As an artist, Jonathan has been mak­ing repli­ca­tions of famous paint­ings for wealthy clients for more than 20 years.