Thomas Perry (author)

Thomas Perry
Born	1947 Tonawanda, New York, United States
Occupation	Writer
Genres	Mystery, Thriller
Notable work(s)	Butcher's Boy, Metzger's Dog, Jane Whitefield Series

Thomas Perry (born 1947) is an American mystery and thriller novelist, who received a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel.

Writings

Perry's work has covered a variety of fictional suspense starting with The Butcher's Boy, which received a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel, followed by Metzger's Dog, Big Fish, Island, and Sleeping Dogs. He then launched the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield five-part series: Vanishing Act (chosen as a "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association"), Dance for the Dead, Shadow Woman, The Face Changers, and Blood Money. The New York Times selected Nightlife for its best seller selection From this point, Perry has elected to develop a non-series list of mysteries with Death Benefits, Pursuit (which won a Gumshoe Award in 2002), Dead Aim, Night Life and Fidelity. Fidelity was published in 2008. Jane Whitefield reappeared in 2009 with a new book called Runner. His 2010 contribution was a new novel called Strip. In The Informant, released in 2011, Perry brought back the hit-man character first introduced in The Butcher's Boy and later the protagonist in Sleeping Dogs.

Biography

Perry was born in Tonawanda, New York in 1947. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969 and his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Rochester in 1974. He has been a laborer, maintenance man, commercial fisherman, weapons mechanic, university administrator and teacher, and television writer and producer (Simon and Simon, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation). To date, he has completed 18 novels with the release of The Informant in 2011. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.

Works

The Butcher's Boy Series

#	Title	Publication Date	ISBN
1	The Butcher's Boy	1982	0-684-17455-3
2	Sleeping Dogs	1992	978-0-679-41064-5
3	The Informant	2011	978-0-547-56933-8

Jane Whitefield Series

#	Title	Publication Date	ISBN
1	Vanishing Act	1995	978-0-679-43536-0
2	Dance for the Dead	1996	978-0-679-44911-9
3	Shadow Woman	1997	978-0-679-45302-4
4	The Face-Changers	1998	978-0-679-45303-1
5	Blood Money	1999	978-0-679-45304-8
6	Runner	2009	978-0-15-101528-3

Other novels

Title	Publication Date	ISBN
Metzger's Dog	1983	978-0-6841-7948-2
Big Fish	1985	978-0-684-18367-1
Island	1987	978-0-399-13327-5
Death Benefits	2001	978-0-679-45305-5
Pursuit	2001	978-0-679-45306-2
Dead Aim	2002	1-4000-6003-6
Nightlife	2006	1-4000-6004-4
Silence	2007	978-0-15-101289-3
Fidelity	2008	978-0-15-101292-3
Strip	2010	978-0-15-101522-1

External links

• Official site
• Interview with Thomas Perry