Thomas Perry

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born

January 01, 1947 in Tonawanda, New York, The United States

gender

male

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http://www.thomasperryauthor.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Thomas Perry was born in Tonawanda, New York in 1947. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester in 1974. He has worked as a park maintenance man, factory laborer, commercial fisherman, university administrator and teacher, and a writer and producer of prime time network television shows. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

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Books by Thomas Perry

Average rating: 3.86 · 8,581 ratings · 1,221 reviews · 41 distinct works

	Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 889 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry, Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author) (Foreword by) 3.87 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Dance for the Dead (Jane Whitefield, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Shadow Woman (Jane Whitefield, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1997 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Runner (Jane Whitefield, #6) 3.83 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Metzger's Dog: A Novel by Thomas Perry, Carl Hiaasen (Foreword by) 3.84 avg rating — 454 ratings — 13 editions	My rating:
	Blood Money (Jane Whitefield, #5) 4.00 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Strip 3.51 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Silence 3.71 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	My rating:

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Series by Thomas Perry

Jane Whitefield (7 books)
by Thomas Perry

4.01 avg rating — 3,866 ratings

The Butcher's Boy (3 books)
by Thomas Perry

3.91 avg rating — 1,410 ratings

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“I love you' is what people say when they have run out of words and can't say anything else. It is like reaching out a hand in desperation.”
― Thomas Perry

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“Holy shit! It wasn't them; it was him!”
― Thomas Perry, Sleeping Dogs

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“The women sang the Ohgiwe and danced together as the grandmothers had, for the brave, and the unselfish, for the protectors.”
― Thomas Perry, Dance for the Dead

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