Nancy Thayer (born December 14, 1943) is an American
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
who has written thirty-one books.
Personal life
Thayer is the daughter of Jane Patton and was born in December 14, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas. Thayer married her second husband, Charles Walters, a music store owner, in 1984. They live in
Nantucket, Massachusetts
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, and have two children: Joshua Thayer and Samantha Wilde, who is also a novelist.
Career
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.
Her books have been translated into
Dutch
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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Italian
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German
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Danish
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French
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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Polish
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Swedish
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Romanian
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Hebrew
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and
Finnish
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Books
*''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)
*''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)
*''Moon Shell Beach'' (2008, Ballantine)
*''Summer House'' (2009, Ballantine)
*''Beachcombers'' (2010, Ballantine)
*''Heat Wave'' (2011, Ballantine)
*''Summer Breeze'' (2012, Ballantine)
*''Island Girls'' (2013, Ballantine)
*''A Nantucket Christmas (2013, Ballantine)
*''Nantucket Sisters'' (2014)
*''An Island Christmas'' (2014, Ballantine Books)
*''The Guest Cottage'' (2015, Ballantine Books)
*''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)
Articles
* "Plotting the Novel" (1988)
Adaptations
* ''Stepping'' was adapted as 13 part series for
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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Spirit Lost
''Spirit Lost'' is a 1997 film, produced by Tim Reed, directed by Neema Barnette and starring Leon Robinson, Cynda Williams and Regina Taylor. Premise
After John, a painter, and his wife move into an old house on an island, a seductive widow gho ...
'' was adapted for film and released by United Image Entertainment
References
Portland Book Review , Tag Archives: Nancy ThayerReview: Summer House by Nancy Thayer , Book, Line, and SinkerSummer Breeze by Nancy Thayer - Summer Reading 2012 - Woman's DaySummer House , Bookreporter.comThe Barnstable Patriot - Books reviewed in The Barnstable Patriot
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Living people
American women novelists
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
Novelists from Massachusetts
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
1943 births