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Victoria Thompson

Victoria E. Thompson is the USA Today bestselling author of the Edgar® and Agatha nominated Gaslight Mystery series and the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominated Counterfeit Lady Series. She was nominated for an Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America in 2001, and in 2012 she received a Career Achievement Award in Mystery Writing from RT Magazine. Six of her Gaslight Mysteries were nominated for an Agatha Award. She also contributed to the award winning writing textbook MANY GENRES/ONE CRAFT and authored a short story for the anthology, SHERLOCK HOLMES IN AMERICA. In her previous life, Victoria Thompson was the bestselling author of twenty historical romances. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2012, where she has been a mentor and lecturer for 20 years.

"I became enchanted by New York City, and Greenwich Village in particular, while one of my daughters attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After reading many books about the village, and spending many pleasant hours dining, shopping, and just wandering the streets, I was permanently hooked!"

Victoria Thompson is has also written 20 historical romances.

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Born 25 Jul 1948

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  • Cover of: Sherlock Holmes in America

    Cover of edition isbn_9781602393523 First published in 2009 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder on Bank Street: A Gaslight Mystery

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  • Cover of: Murder on Marble Row: a gaslight mystery

    First published in 2004 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue: a gaslight mystery

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  • Cover of: Murder on St. Mark's Place: A Gaslight Mystery

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  • Cover of: Murder on Lenox Hill: a gaslight mystery

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    First published in 1999 — 2 editions
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Born 25 Jul 1948

Subjects

Fiction, Brandt, sarah (fictitious character), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Sarah Brandt (Fictitious character), Malloy, frank (fictitious character), fiction, Frank Malloy (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Midwives, Women detectives, Midwives, fiction, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Mystery, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, general, Crimes against, Crime, fiction, Private investigators, fiction, American literature, Fiction, historical, Investigation, Murder, FICTION / Historical

Places

New York, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Texas, American West, Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.), America, Boston, Chinatown (New York, N.Y.), Dodge City, Gramercy Park (New York, N.Y.), Little Italy (New York, N.Y.), Murray Hill (New York, N.Y.), N.Y.) Gramercy Park (New York, Utah, Washington Square (New York, N.Y.)

People

Colonel Crockett, Colonel Warburton, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes

Time

19th century, 19th Century

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July 14, 2023 Edited by ditchqueen added IDs
July 14, 2023 Edited by ditchqueen Edited without comment.
February 27, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added new photo
February 27, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import