Steve Thayer
Steve Thayer | |
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| Born | March 23, 1953 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Suspense |
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Steve Thayer (b. March 23, 1953 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a New York Times best-selling author of suspense novels.[1]
Biography
[edit]Thayer was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and graduated from Harding Senior High School.[2]
He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, and worked as a screenwriter for several years. He moved to Edina, Minnesota in the 1980s, where he began writing novels, and now lives in St. Paul again.[2]
He began writing suspense novels with Saint Mudd in 1988, and continued with a string of six more novels, mostly well-received by critics. The topics of his work include criminal investigations, conspiracies, murder, and kidnapping. Thayer's writing has been described as "gritty" and "fast-paced."[3] Publishing-industry turmoil led him to take a break from publishing after 2008's The Leper until 2015's Ithaca Falls, which mixes Thayer's usual suspense elements with time travel and alternate history.[2]
Works
[edit]- Saint Mudd: A Novel of Gangsters and Saints (1988)[4]
- The Weatherman (1995)[4]
- Silent Snow (1999)[4]
- Moon Over Lake Elmo (2001)[4]
- The Wheat Field (2002)[4]
- Wolf Pass (2003)[4]
- The Leper (2008, North Star Press)[2]
- Ithaca Falls (2015, Conquill Press)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paperback Best Sellers". The New York Times. 10 March 1996. p. 24. ProQuest 109539350.
- ^ a b c d e Grossman, Mary Ann (2015-04-14). "St. Paul author says new novel different 'but it's still me'". Pioneer Press. St. Paul, Minnesota. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ NoveList Plus,"Steve Thayer," http://web.ebscohost.com/novp/detail?hid=107&sid=ea94c159-21b3-42c1-8678-003e54394061%40sessionmgr114&vid=4&bdata=JnNpdGU9bm92cC1saXZl#db=neh&UI=1017953 .(accessed March 10, 2011)
- ^ a b c d e f Library of Congress Online Catalog,http://catalog.loc.gov/
