Ross Thomas (1926–1995)
Autor de Briarpatch
Sobre El Autor
Writer Ross Thomas was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 19, 1926. During World War II, he served in the Philippines. Before becoming a writer in 1965, he worked as a pulic relations specialist and a reporter. He has written over twenty novels, including The Cold War Swap, which won the mostrar más 1967 Edgar Award for best first novel, and Briarpatch, which won the 1985 Edgar Award for best novel. He also wrote a series of novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck. Besides writing novels, he worked on the following three screenplays: St. Ives, which was based on a character he created, Hammett, and Bad Company. He died in Santa Monica, California on December 18, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Oliver Bleeck was a pen name of Ross Thomas. Ross Thomas and Thomas Ross are two different names ( different surnames) please do not combine these.
Series
Obras de Ross Thomas
Dornbusch: Mit einem Briefwechsel zwischen Ross Thomas und Jörg Fauser (Ross-Thomas-Edition) (2015) 3 copias
Il mercato delle spie 2 copias
Norgold '88 Cairns 1 copia
chien de métier! 1 copia
Gli intermediari 1 copia
Any 1 copia
Spy in the Vodka 1 copia
Smlouva bez podpisu 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contribuidor — 62 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Thomas, Ross
- Otros nombres
- Bleeck, Oliver (pseudonym)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1926-02-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1995-12-18
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- California, USA
- Ocupaciones
- public relations specialist
political strategist
union spokesman
reporter
soldier - Premios y honores
- Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement, 2002)
- Aviso de desambiguación
- Oliver Bleeck was a pen name of Ross Thomas.
Ross Thomas and Thomas Ross are two different names ( different surnames) please do not combine these.
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Reseñas
Listas
Edgar Award (2)
Premios
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- Obras
- 50
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 3,918
- Popularidad
- #6,459
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 73
- ISBNs
- 398
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 25
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