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Lee Thayer

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Lee Thayer
BornEmma Redington Thayer
(1894-04-05)5 April 1894
Troy, Pennsylvania
Died18 November 1973(1973-11-18) (aged 99)
San Diego, California
Resting placeEl Camino Memorial Park
Pen nameLee Thayer
OccupationBook Jacket Artist, Mystery Novelist

Emma Redington Thayer (pseudonym, Lee Thayer; Troy, Pennsylvania April 5, 1874 - San Diego, California November 18, 1973) was an American artist and writer of mystery novels.

Biography

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Emma Redington Lee was born April 5, 1874. She studied at Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. Her husband was Harry Thayer, an artist.[1][2][3]

Thayer wrote 60[2] mystery novels about well-mannered private investigator Peter Clancy and his valet, Wiggar. She wrote her first novel, The Mystery of the Thirteenth Floor in 1919.[1] Her last novel, Dusty Death, was published in 1966,[2] when she was 92.

Thayer and her husband opened a publisher's art service, which specialized in book jacket art work.[1]

On May 11, 1958, Thayer was a contestant on What's My Line?

Bibliography

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  • The Mystery of the Thirteenth Floor. 1919.
  • The Unlatched Door. 1920.
  • That Affair at the Cedars. 1921.
  • Q.E.D.. 1922.
  • The Sinister Mark. 1923.
  • The Key. 1924.
  • Doctor S.O.S.. 1925.
  • Poison. 1926.
  • Alias Dr. Ely. 1927.
  • The Darkest Spot. 1928.
  • They Tell No Tales. 1930.
  • The Last Shot. 1931.
  • Set a Thief. 1931.
  • The Glass Knife. 1932.
  • The Scrimshaw Millions. 1932.
  • Hell-Gate Tides. 1933.
  • Counterfeit. 1933.
  • Second Bullet. 1934.
  • Dead Storage. 1934.
  • Sudden Death. 1935.
  • Dead End Street. 1935.
  • Dark of the Moon. 1936.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lee Thayer, Wrote Detective Stories". The New York Times. 1973-11-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  2. ^ a b c "Detectionary". www.detectionary.nl. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ "The Art of American Book Covers - Ball Covers Identified by Lee Thayer". ilab.org. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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