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Nancy Thayer | |
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| Born | December 14, 1943 Emporia, Kansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Charley Walters |
| Children | Joshua Thayer Samantha Wilde (novelist) |
| Parent | Jane Patton |
Nancy Thayer (born December 14, 1943) is an American novelist who has written thirty-one books.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Thayer is the daughter of Jane Patton and was born on December 14, 1943, in Emporia, Kansas. Thayer married her second husband, Charles Walters, a music store owner, in 1984.[1] They live in Nantucket, Massachusetts,[2] and have two children: Joshua Thayer and Samantha Wilde, who is also a novelist.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Thayer published her first novel when she was close to forty and already the mother of her two children. She has published regularly since. Her novels focus on contemporary social issues coupled with interesting plots and characters.[4]
Her books have been translated into Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Romanian, Hebrew and Finnish.[4][5][6]
Books
[edit | edit source]- Stepping (1980, Doubleday)
- Three Women At the Waters' Edge (1981, Doubleday)
- Bodies and Souls (1983, Doubleday)
- Nell (1984, William Morrow)
- Morning (1987, Charles Scribner's Sons)
- Spirit Lost (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons)
- My Dearest Friend (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons)
- Everlasting (1991, Viking)
- Family Secrets (1993, Viking)
- Belonging (1995, St. Martin's Press)
- An Act Of Love (1997, St. Martin's Press)
- Between Husbands and Friends (1999, St. Martin's Press)[7]
- Custody (2001, St. Martin's Press)
- The Hot Flash Club (2003, Ballantine)
- The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (2004, Ballantine)
- Hot Flash Holidays (2005, Ballantine)
- The Hot Flash Club Chills Out (2006, Ballantine)[8]
- Moon Shell Beach (2008, Ballantine)[9][10]
- Summer House (2009, Ballantine)[11][12]
- Beachcombers (2010, Ballantine)[13]
- Heat Wave (2011, Ballantine)[14]
- Summer Breeze (2012, Ballantine)[15]
- Island Girls (2013, Ballantine)[16][17]
- A Nantucket Christmas (2013, Ballantine)[18]
- Nantucket Sisters (2014)
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- The Guest Cottage (2015, Ballantine Books)[19]
- The Island House (2016)
- Secrets in Summer (2017)
- A Nantucket Wedding (2018)
- Surfside Sisters (2019)
- Let It Snow (2019)
- Girls of Summer (2020)
- Family Reunion (2021)
- Summer Love (2022)
- All the Days of Summer (2023)
- The Summer We Started Over (2024)
- Summer Light on Nantucket (2025)
Articles
[edit | edit source]- "Plotting the Novel" (1988)[20]
Adaptations
[edit | edit source]- Stepping was adapted as 13 part series for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)[4]
- Spirit Lost was adapted for film and released by United Image Entertainment[4]
References
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- ^ The Hot Flash Club Chills Out - book review
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- ^ Book Review: Beachcombers – Nancy Thayer - S. Krishna's Books
- ^ Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer: Book Review - USATODAY.com
- ^ Book review: “Summer Breeze” by Nancy Thayer | News OK
- ^ BOOK REVIEW: 'Island Girls': Nancy Thayer Brings Three Estranged Sisters Together for a Summer on Nantucket Island | Huntington News
- ^ ISLAND GIRLS by Nancy Thayer | Kirkus
- ^ The 12 books of Christmas - The Washington Post
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- Portland Book Review | Tag Archives: Nancy Thayer
- Review: Summer House by Nancy Thayer | Book, Line, and Sinker
- Novel Escapes: Island Girls by Nancy Thayer
- Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer - Summer Reading 2012 - Woman's Day
- Summer House | Bookreporter.com
- The Barnstable Patriot - Books reviewed in The Barnstable Patriot
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