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Thomas Gifford

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born

May 16, 1937 in Dubuque, Iowa, The United States

died

October 31, 2000

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Thomas Eugene Gifford was a best-selling American author of thriller novels. He gained international fame with the suspense novel The Wind Chill Factor and later with the Vatican-based thriller The Assassini.

After graduating from Harvard he moved to the Twin Cities, MN where he and his wife, Kari Sandven, had two children (Thomas Eaton, Rachel Claire). Divorced in 1969, he went on to marry Camille D'Ambrose, a local actress. They moved to Los Angeles for a few years, then returned to Orono, MN. Novels continued to flow from his fountain pen through the years. Gifford eventually moved to New York--a city he loved whose people were of infinite importance to him.

In 1996, he turned his attention to renovating his childhood home in Dubuque, sp...more

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Books by Thomas Gifford

Average rating: 3.61 · 583 ratings · 43 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Assassini 3.67 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1990 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Wind Chill Factor 3.70 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Praetorian 3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Saint's Rest 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The First Sacrifice 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Man from Lisbon 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Cavanaugh Quest 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gomorrha by Thomas Gifford, Edda Petri (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Glendower Legacy 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Protector. 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999	My rating: