About Dete

Dete Meserve is a best-selling novelist and an award-winning creator and producer of films and television series. She wrote the screenplay adaptation of her debut novel, Good Sam, and produced it as a feature film for Netflix.

Inspired by a question posed to readers—”What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past?”—her fifth novel, The Memory Collectors, explores the universal desire to revisit pivotal moments in our lives, whether to reconnect with a loved one, undo a painful mistake, or relive a joyous memory. In this suspenseful and emotional journey, four strangers step back into their pasts only to find themselves trapped in time. A shocking twist forces them to unravel hidden connections between them—uncovering secrets that change everything.

She is also the author of three novels in the Kate Bradley Mystery Series: Good SamPerfectly Good Crime, and The Good Stranger and a fourth standalone mystery/suspense novel The Space Between. Her first non-fiction book, Random Acts of Kindness, co-authored with journalist Rachel Greco is in development as a feature film.

Her first novel, Good Sam, was produced as a feature film for Netflix Original Film and was released worldwide. The film was produced by Meserve based on a screenplay by Meserve. The film stars Tiya Sircar (The Good Place). Watch it here.

When she’s not writing, she is a film and television producer in Los Angeles and owner of Silver Creek Falls Entertainment. Her recent credits include Executive Producer of What Men Want (Paramount), Executive Producer of Ready Jet Go (PBSKids), and Producer and Screenwriter of Good Sam (Netflix), Producer of the feature film Space Camp (DreamWorks), Executive Producer of an animated series for Apple TV+ (To be Announced), and Executive Producer/Showrunner of Weather Hunters in partnership with Al Roker Entertainment for PBSKids.