James Stewart Thayer

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James Stewart Thayer


Born
in Eugene, Oregon, The United States
May 25, 1949

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James Thayer is the son of a wheat farmer, and he was raised in Spokane and the farm country in eastern Washington. He graduated from Washington State University and the University of Chicago Law School, and now teaches novel writing at the University of Washington extension school where in 2015 he received the Excellence in Teaching Award in the Arts, Writing and Humanities. The New York Times Book Review says his "writing is smooth and clear. Deceptively simple, it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm that only confident stylists achieve.” His The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel is a leading manual for fiction writers. Thayer is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the International Thriller Writers. He and his family l ...more

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House of Eight Orchids

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White Star

4.03 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions
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Five Past Midnight

3.80 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1997 — 13 editions
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Pursuit

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Show or Tell?: A Powerful L...

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Terminal Event

3.32 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions
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Man of the Century

4.21 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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S-Day

3.88 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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The Essential Guide to Writ...

4.27 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Force 12

3.24 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions
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“and after she went, Dalton didn't last long. His death certificate listed heart failure as the cause, but Owen Gray knew it had been loneliness and grief. After”
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