Victoria Thompson

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Victoria Thompson | The Merging of History and Fiction
December 11, 2023
What if I told you one of the most exciting thrillers I ever read was about the passage of the 19th Amendment that finally  Read More...

Victoria Thompson | A Woman Wrongly Locked Away in an Asylum
April 25, 2023
1--What is the title of your latest release? MURDER ON BEDFORD STREET  Read More...

Victoria Thompson | Author-Reader Match: MURDER ON MADISON
May 9, 2022
Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce  Read More...

Victoria Thompson | They Do Strange Things in the Bowery
May 1, 2017
“The Bowery, the Bowery! They say such things, And they do strange things On the Bowery! The  Read More...

Victoria Thompson | What's happening whilst Mrs. Brandt is enjoying her honeymoon?
November 22, 2016
While the cat’s away… Sarah Brandt and Frank Malloy are enjoying their honeymoon, and while they’re away, their family and friends solve a  Read More...

Victoria Thompson Musings
May 3, 2016
A Day in the Life of Sarah Brandt Malloy… Malloy and I have been back from our honeymoon for  Read More...

Victoria Thompson | A Gaslight Mystery Christmas
November 30, 2015
I was very flattered when Berkley Prime Crime asked me to do a Christmas book for the   Read More...

Victoria Thompson | No Romance in Mysteries?
June 15, 2015
The latest Gaslight Mystery is   Read More...

Victoria Thompson began her writing career as the bestselling author of 20 historical romance novels, which gave her great admiration for life in the 19th Century. Her work includes the USA Today bestselling historical Gaslight Mysteries series, which has been nominated for six Agatha Awards, an Edgar® Award, and a Bruce Alexander Award. The Gaslight Mysteries follow socialite-turned-midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy as they solve murders in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York City. Thompson’s historical Counterfeit Lady series, which was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award by Mystery Writers of America, features Elizabeth Miles, a young conwoman who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in early 1900s New York City.

Thompson holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education from the University of Maryland. In 2012, she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, a program for which she was also a professor from 2000-2023. Additionally, she taught in the Continuing Education Department at Penn State University and was a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences across the country. In 2012, she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine.

Thompson passed away peacefully at home in Long Grove, IL on August 23, 2024 after a years-long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, two daughters who are both writers, and three grandchildren.

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