Lee Thayer
American mystery novelist
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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.
5 April 1874
Lee Thayer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Redington Thayer 5 April 1874 |
| Died | 18 November 1973 (aged 99) San Diego, California |
| Resting place | El Camino Memorial Park |
| Pen name | Lee Thayer |
| Occupation | Book Jacket Artist, Mystery Novelist |
Biography
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?
Partial Bibliography
- 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.
