William G. Tapply

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born

in Waltham, Massachusetts, The United States

July 16, 1940

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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	Outwitting Trolls (Brady Coyne, #28) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitch Creek 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell Bent (Brady Coyne, #27) 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Tiger: A Stoney Calhoun Novel 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gray Ghost: A Stoney Calhoun Novel 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out Cold (Brady Coyne, #24) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nomination 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nervous Water (Brady Coyne, #23) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One-Way Ticket (Brady Coyne, #25) 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fine Line (Brady Coyne, #20) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brady Coyne (28 books)
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