Steve Thayer (b. in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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) is a
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author of suspense novels.
Biography
Thayer was born in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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and graduated from
Harding Senior High School.
He graduated from the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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in
Pasadena, California
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, and worked as a screenwriter for several years. He moved to
Edina, Minnesota
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in the 1980s, where he began writing novels, and now lives in St. Paul again.
He began writing suspense novels with ''Saint Mudd'' in 1988, and continued with a string of six more novels, mostly well-received by critics. The topics of his work include criminal investigations, conspiracies, murder, and kidnapping. Thayer's writing has been described as "gritty" and "fast-paced."
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Works
*''Saint Mudd: A Novel of Gangsters and Saints'' (1988)
[Library of Congress Online Catalog,http://catalog.loc.gov/]
*''The Weatherman'' (1995)
*''Silent Snow'' (1999)
*''Moon Over Lake Elmo'' (2001)
*''The Wheat Field'' (2002)
*''Wolf Pass'' (2003)
*''The Leper'' (2008, North Star Press)
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*''Ithaca Falls'' (2015, Conquill Press)][
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References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Minnesota