Victoria Thompson

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Victoria Thompson
Born
Victoria Ellen Straface

(1948-07-25)July 25, 1948
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedAugust 23, 2024(2024-08-23) (aged 76)
Long Grove, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Alma materUniversity of Maryland (BA)
Seton Hall University (MFA)
Years active1985-2024
Notable awardsAgatha Award
Edgar Allan Poe Award
Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times
SpouseJim Thompson (1969)

Victoria Thompson (born Victoria Ellen Straface, July 25, 1948 – August 23, 2024) was an American author of cozy mystery novels.

Biography

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Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1948.[1][better source needed] She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education[2] from the University of Maryland in 1970. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2012.[3]

Thompson lived with her husband near Chicago. She had two adult daughters who are both writers, and three grandchildren.[4] Thompson died at her home in Long Grove, Illinois, on August 23, 2024, at the age of 76.[5]

Career

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Thompson began her career writing historical romance novels in the 1980s.[6] In 1996, her publisher let her go, and her agent encouraged her to try writing mysteries. When Thompson heard Berkley Books was looking for a writer for a series set in turn of the 20th century New York City with a midwife heroine, so she wrote a proposal adding a detective character, and was hired to write the Gaslight Mystery series.[7] Thompson felt it was kismet because she loves history,[2] and she had fallen in love with New York City, and Greenwich Village in particular, when her daughter attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. At that time, Thompson was working as a fundraiser for the March of Dimes, and several of the volunteers she worked with were midwives.[6]

Along with writing, Thompson was a professor in the creative writing Master of Fine Arts program at Seton Hill University from 2000-2023.[4] She also served on the Board of Trustees for the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Illinois from 2019-2024.[8] Many of her former students have become published authors, including V.M. Burns.[9][10] Thompson also taught for a time in the continuing education program at Pennsylvania State University.[4]

Awards and achievements

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In 2012, Thompson received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. In 2016, she was Guest of Honor at Malice Domestic mystery fan convention.

Awards for Thompson's writing
Year Title Award Result
1999 Murder on Astor Place Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards First Mystery Award Finalist
2001 Murder on St. Mark’s Place Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original Finalist
2005 Murder on Marble Row Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award Finalist
2012 Murder on Fifth Avenue Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2013 Murder in Chelsea Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2014 Murder in Murray Hill Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2015 Murder on Amsterdam Avenue Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2016 Murder in Morningside Heights Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2018 Murder on Union Square Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Finalist
2019 City of Secrets G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award Finalist

Selected publications

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Novels

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Gaslight Mystery Novels

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Counterfeit Lady Novels

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Novellas

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Nonfiction

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