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Lee Thayer
1874–1973
Best known for sharp, cleverly plotted mystery novels, this American writer began as an artist and illustrator before building a long career in crime fiction. Writing under the name Lee Thayer, she created the detective Peter Clancy and kept publishing well into her nineties.
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The sinister mark
by Lee Thayer
About the author
Emma Redington Thayer was born in Troy, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1874, and wrote under the pseudonym Lee Thayer. Before turning to fiction, she studied art in New York and worked as an artist and interior decorator, a background that helps explain the visual detail and polished settings in her books.
She became known as a prolific American mystery writer, publishing dozens of novels across the first half of the twentieth century. Many of them feature her recurring detective Peter Clancy, often paired with his valet Wiggar, and helped give her a steady place in classic detective fiction.
Thayer lived a remarkably long life and continued writing to an advanced age. She died in San Diego, California, on November 18, 1973. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.