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Steve Thayer

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Steve Thayer
Born (1953-03-23) March 23, 1953 (age 73)
OccupationAuthor
GenreSuspense
Website
www.stevethayer.com

Steve Thayer (b. March 23, 1953 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a New York Times best-selling author of suspense novels.[1]

Biography

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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

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  • 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

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  1. "Paperback Best Sellers". The New York Times. 10 March 1996. p. 24. ProQuest 109539350.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  3. 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)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Library of Congress Online Catalog, http://catalog.loc.gov/
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