

His career in medicine continued all throughout his writing. Through many cases and observations, came his first novel.When the Bough Breaks, which became a bestseller and was adapted for a TV movie. He published a book for parents titled Helping the Fearful Child. His extensive research and hands on experience while working at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles prepared him for the knowledge needed to write his first published book. The first published book from Kellerman was a medical text book entitled.Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer. Kellerman is currently a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine. His research thesis was entitled.attribution of blame for childhood psychopathology. He received his PhD from USC in clinical psychology. Screenplays were readily available to him, but he chose not to get into that venue.

An unpublished novel that he co-wrote won him a Samuel Goldwyn writing award. He paid for his education by various jobs as cartoonist, illustrator, journalist, and editor, as well as teaching guitar. He grew up there and received a BA in Psychology from UCLA.

His journey began when his family moved to Los Angeles California. Kellerman was born in New York City to parents who were successful authors themselves. American author, Jonathan Kellerman, comes from a decisively different viewpoint when writing his novels, than most authors.
