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   Who is Ross Thomas?

   • Ross Thomas (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 five novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives .

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   What books did Ross Thomas write?

   • He is also the author of several standalone novels, which include The Seersucker Whipsaw, Missionary Stew, and Ah, Treachery!. Ross Thomas is also the author of two nonfiction books, a 1969 book that he authored with William H. Crook called Warriors for the Poor: The Story of V.I.S.T.A. (Volunteers in Service to America).

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   What did Ross Thomas do before he became a writer?

   • Ross Thomas served in the Philippines serving in the infantry when the second world war was going on. He had a great many professions before he became a writer, working as a foreign correspondent reporter, a public relations specialist, a union spokesman, as well as a political strategist in Germany, the United States, and Nigeria.

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   How old was Ross Thomas when he died?

   • Ross Thomas, who died last winter at the age of sixty-nine, has often been compared to another writer of hard-boiled fiction—Raymond Chandler.

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   Ross Thomas (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.

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   Ross Thomas is an American author of crime fiction and mystery and thriller novels. He was born in Oklahoma City in the U.S. on February 19, 1926. He has commonly used the pen name Oliver Bleeck to write several novels.

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   • Death Date: December 18, 1995

   • Birth Date: February 19, 1926

   • Briarpatch by Ross Thomas, Lawrence Block (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)
   • Chinaman's Chance (Arthur Case Wu, #1) by Ross Thomas, William Heffernan (Introduction)
   • The Cold War Swap (Mac McCorckle, #1) by Ross Thomas, Stuart M. Kaminsky.
   • The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas, Tony Hiss (Introduction)

6. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksRoss Thomas, the criminally neglected spy-caper author behind ...

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   Most of us die-hard Ross Thomas fans never tire of debating why he was underappreciated when he was alive and too quickly forgotten after dying of lung cancer, in 1995, at 69.

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   Oct 24, 2018 · He was a co-writer on Wim Wenders’s 1982 Hammett, featuring Frederic Forrest as the real-life Dashiell Hammett investigating a crime, but it was generally regarded as a “well-intentioned failure.”. Thomas also played a small role as, what else, a corrupt local politician.

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   The winner of the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, Ross Thomas [1926-1995] was a prolific author whose political thrillers drew praise for their blend of wit and suspense.

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   Nov 1, 1996 · Ross Thomas, who died last winter at the age of sixty-nine, has often been compared to another writer of hard-boiled fiction—Raymond Chandler.