‘Dexter’ author makes cameo appearance

Author says he loves the show based on his books

AP	Jeff Lindsay, writer of the "Dexter" books, will make a cameo appearance on the Showtime program.

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LOS ANGELES - "Dexter" author Jeff Lindsay says the cameo he filmed for the Showtime series based on his work is intended to make a point: He loves the show.

Why does he think there's skepticism?

"It's Hollywood. Everybody knows Hollywood gets hold of wonderful ideas" and ruins them, Lindsay said.

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But the producers of Showtime's "Dexter," which stars Michael C. Hall, "really know what they're doing," Lindsay said.

Lindsay plays the role of a vice detective guarding a hospital room, and makes his appearance Sunday just shy of halfway through the episode.

The character of Dexter Morgan, a blood-spatter expert and killer who takes justice into his own hands, was introduced in Lindsay's book "Darkly Dreaming Dexter."