Victoria Thompson

Victoria Thompson (born Victoria Ellen Straface, July 25, 1948 – August 23, 2024) was an American author of cozy mystery novels.

Biography Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1948. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education from the University of Maryland in 1970. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2012.

Thompson lived with her husband near Chicago. She had two adult daughters who are both writers, and three grandchildren.

Career Thompson began her career writing historical romance novels in the 1980s. In 1996, her publisher let her go, and her agent encouraged her to try writing mysteries. When Thompson heard Berkley Books was looking for a writer for a series set in turn of the 20th century New York City with a midwife heroine, so she wrote a proposal adding a detective character, and was hired to write the Gaslight Mystery series. Thompson felt it was kismet because she loves history, She also served on the Board of Trustees for the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Illinois from 2019-2024. Many of her former students have become published authors, including V.M. Burns. Thompson also taught for a time in the continuing education program at Pennsylvania State University.

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