Biografie

19. Februar 1926 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

18. Dezember 1995 · Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA (Krebs)

His first novel, "The Cold War Swap", won the 1966 Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award.

Wrote five novels under the pseudonym 'Oliver Bleeck.'

Lived in Washington D.C. 1960 to 1975.

Following his return from military service, he attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 1949. While a freshman in college, he got his first writing experience while working as an apprentice sports reporter for the Daily Oklahoman in Oklahoma City.

At the of 40, Ross Thomas sat down to write his first novel, "The Cold War Swap." He completed the manuscript in six weeks and sent it to a publisher. Two weeks later that publisher accepted the book for publication.

I always have to have a sense of reality, and that's why I always endow most of my characters with a modicum of greed.