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William Bayer


Born
in Cleveland (Ohio), The United States
February 20, 1939


WILLIAM BAYER is the author of nineteen fiction and non-fiction books. Thirteen of his novels are now available in ebook and audiobook editions. His books have been published in fourteen foreign languages. Two of his novels, Switch and Pattern Crimes, were New York Times best sellers.

Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio, son of an attorney-father and screenwriter-mother ( Eleanor Perry). He was educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard where he majored in art history. His Harvard honors thesis was an analysis of a single painting by Paul Gauguin: “D’où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?” For six years he served in Washington, Vietnam and New York as an officer with the U. S. Information Agency. He has been a grantee of The American Fil ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 1,294 ratings · 222 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors
Switch
3.65 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1984 — 23 editions
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Wallflower
3.59 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions
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Peregrine (Frank Janek #1)
3.26 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1983 — 28 editions
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Pattern Crimes
3.53 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1987 — 24 editions
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Mirror Maze
3.51 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions
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The Dream of the Broken Horses
3.74 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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The Luzern Photograph
3.10 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Blind Side
3.75 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions
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Punish Me with Kisses
2.78 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1980 — 16 editions
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The Murals
3.53 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Series by William Bayer

Peregrine Switch Wallflower Mirror Maze
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Tangier Pattern Crimes City of Knives
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“Another blinding California day. They were all blinding here.”
― William Bayer, Pattern Crimes
tags: again, california, past, salty
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“Pambird. Yes! She’d be marvelous as Pambird. What fun it would be to tame her, to hood her and starve her and train her and make her his pet.”
― William Bayer, Peregrine
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