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William G. Tapply

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born

July 16, 1940 in Waltham, Massachusetts, The United States

died

July 28, 2009

gender

male

website

http://www.williamgtapply.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Outdoors & Nature

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Born in 1940, William G. Tapply was the author of about 40 books, including more than two dozen New England-based mystery novels. Hell Bent: A Brady Coyne Novel is the most recent. Tapply's handbook, The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing a Modern Whodunit, is used in writing classes and workshops across the country. He also wrote a dozen books and nearly a thousand magazine articles, mostly about fly fishing and the outdoors. He was a Contributing Editor for Field & Stream, a columnist for American Angler, and a member of the Editorial Board for The Writer magazine. Tapply was a professor of English at Clark University in Worcester, MA, where he was the Writer in Residence. He and his wife, novelist Vicki Stiefel, ran The Writers Stu...more

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Books by William G. Tapply

Average rating: 3.74 · 2,404 ratings · 358 reviews · 53 distinct works

	Outwitting Trolls: A Brady Coyne Novel 3.58 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Bitch Creek: A Novel 3.88 avg rating — 129 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Hell Bent: A Brady Coyne Novel 3.68 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gray Ghost: A Stoney Calhoun Novel 3.84 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Dark Tiger: A Stoney Calhoun Novel 3.77 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Out Cold: A Brady Coyne Novel 3.75 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Nomination: A Novel Of Suspense 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Nervous Water: A Brady Coyne Novel 3.78 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	One-Way Ticket: A Brady Coyne Novel 3.78 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fine Line 3.82 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating: