Thomas Perry (author)

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

Thomas Perry (born 1947) is an American mystery and thriller novelist. He 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 series: Vanishing Act (chosen as one of the "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association), Dance for the Dead, Shadow Woman, The Face Changers, Blood Money, Runner, and Poison Flower. 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, Fidelity, and 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, as well as a television writer and producer (Simon & Simon, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation). To date, Perry has written 24 novels with publication of Old Man in 2017. He lives in Southern California with his wife Jo (née Lee) 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
7	Poison Flower	2012	978-0-8021-2605-4
8	A String of Beads	2015	978-0-8021-2329-9

John Walker series

#	Title	Publication Date	ISBN
1	Death Benefits	2001	978-0-679-45305-5

Jack Till series

#	Title	Publication Date	ISBN
1	Silence	2007	978-0-15-101289-3
2	The Boyfriend	2013	978-0-8021-2606-1

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
Pursuit	2001	978-0-679-45306-2
Dead Aim	2002	1-4000-6003-6
Nightlife	2006	1-4000-6004-4
Fidelity	2008	978-0-15-101292-3
Strip	2010	978-0-15-101522-1
Forty Thieves	2016	978-0-8021-2452-4
The Old Man	2017	978-0802125866
The Bomb Maker	2018	978-0802127488
The Burglar	2019	978-0802129000

External links

• Official site
• Interview with Thomas Perry
• Thomas Perry quotes
• "The Professional," an overview of Perry's work by Ethan Iverson]
• Modern Signed Books BlogTalkRadio Interview with Rodger Nichols about Forty Thieves (March 2016)