Victoria Thompson
--best selling author of the Gaslight mystery series
In her previous life, Victoria Thompson was the bestselling author of twenty
A popular public speaker, Victoria has given her day-long seminar on HOW TO WRITE POPULAR FICTION to writers' groups all over the United States and Canada and has also taught it at Penn State University. She currently teaches in the Master's Degree program for writing popular fiction at Seton Hill University, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. She is also a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and retreats across the country.
Victoria is a founding member and past president of Novelists, Inc., a national organization of published writers of popular fiction. She is also co-founder and past-president of PENNWRITERS, a statewide writer's organization in Pennsylvania. Victoria has served on the board of directors of Romance Writers of America (RWA) for four years, and was co-founder and the first President of New Jersey Romance Writers.Victoria Thompson's MURDER ON FIFTH AVENUE has been nominated for a 2013 Agatha Award in the Best Historical Mystery category. Winners will be announced at the Malice Domestic Conference May 3-5 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Thompson's latest Gaslight mystery is an intense, well-plotted puzzler that will keep you turning the pages.
Her characters are engaging and the relationship between Frank and Sarah still dynamic. The descriptive setting brings the reader into the heart of old New York without becoming mired in overly detailed explanations.
~ Roseann Marlett"INTRIGUING. . .a surprise ending. . .a very enjoyable read."--Kate Kingsbury, author of Mistletoe and Mayhem
"Thompson VIVIDLY RECREATES the gaslit world of old New York."--Publishers Weekly
"GANGS OF NEW YORK, EAT YOUR HEART OUT--
This book is the real thing."--Mystery Scene"FIRST RATE with a vivid historical setting."
--The Mystery Reader
