Ross Thomas
Ross Thomas was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on February 19th, 1926 and is the Novelist. At the age of 69, Ross Thomas biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ross Thomas, 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 reveal the principles of career politics.
Under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck's name, he wrote several books about Philip St. Ives' professional relationship. During World War II, Thomas served in the Philippines with the infantry.
Before becoming a writer, he worked as a public relations consultant, union spokesman, and political strategist in the United States, Bonn (Germany), and Nigeria.
The 1985 Edgar Award for Best Novel winner, Briarpatch, was given to him.
He was named with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, becoming one of only two writers to receive the award posthumously (the other was 87th Precinct author Ed McBain in 2006). Mr. Thomas wrote Jimmy the Rumour, an original screenplay for producer Robert Evans in addition to his books.
The project is about a man born without an identity who works as a thief looting from other robbers. He died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California, two months before his 70th birthday.
Early life
Thomas served with the infantry in the Philippines during World War II. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a public relations consultant, union representative, and political strategist in the United States, Bonn (Germany).
Career
Thomas' debut novel, The Cold War Swap, introducing McCorkle and Padillo, was published in just six weeks and received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1967. In 1985, Briarpatch was named the Best Novelist in the Edgar Awards. He was named with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, becoming one of only two writers to receive the award posthumously (the other was 87th Precinct author Ed McBain in 2006).
Thomas also wrote Jimmy the Rumour, a groundbreaking screenplay for producer Robert Evans in addition to his books. The project is based on a man born without an identity who works as a thief stealing from other robbers.
The first three books in the McCorkle-Padillo series are published in the first person, as well as a number of others published through Yellow Dog Contract. The fourth and final McCorkle-Padillo novel has an omniscient narrator, as have all of the other books published after 1976. The five Philip St. Ives tales are told in the first person.