Biography
Ross Thomas (born February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City – December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. He also wrote several novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives.
His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, won a 1967 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel, and Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002 he was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, one of only two authors to earn the award after their death (the other was 87th Precinct author Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain in 2006).
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His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, won a 1967 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel, and Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002 he was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, one of only two authors to earn the award after their death (the other was 87th Precinct author Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain in 2006).
Source: Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(author)]
Books by Ross Thomas
Dann sei wenigstens vorsichtig
Backup Men
Backup Men
Porkchoppers
Porkchoppers
Guiso canibal
D.C. Noir 2. The Classics
Ah , Ihanet !
The Eight Dwarf
Schutzwall
Crépuscule chez Mac
Anleitung zur prozessorientierten Betrachtung von QM- Systemen nach DIN ESO 9001 bis 9003
Emono
Ah, treachery!
Voodoo Limited
Kaskader iz Singapura
Kaskader iz Singapura
La Quatrième Durango
Ross Thomas X12 S/W
Ross Thomas X12 S/W
Les faisans des îles
Twilight at Mac's Place
The fourth Durango
Chinaman's Chance
Nezid misyonerim
Nezid misyonerim
Out on the rim
The Procane chronicle
Missionary Stew
The mordida man
The money harvest
The highbinders
de bonzen
de bonzen
If you can't be good
The porkchoppers
The thief who painted sunlight
The thief who painted sunlight
Protocol for a Kidnapping
The backup men
The brass go-between
The fools in town are on our side
The sale of the leaders
The sale of the leaders
The most widely anticipated sa
The most widely anticipated sale of the year
The Singapore wink
Cast a yellow shadow
The seersucker whipsaw
The Cold War swap