Mr. Thomas was a widely admired writer of suspense thrillers, many of them set in a Washington D.C. filled with scheming, subterfuge and sudden death. Mr. Thomas, who was a combat infantryman in WWII and a former newspaperman and political consultant, became a highly productive novelist whose 25 books were praised for their intricate plots, crisp ...
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.
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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.
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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.
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Lived in Washington D.C. 1960 to 1975.
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Wrote five novels under the pseudonym 'Oliver Bleeck.'
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His first novel, "The Cold War Swap", won the 1966 Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award.
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