Nancy Thayer Explained

Nancy Thayer (born December 14, 1943) is an American novelist who has written thirty-one books.

Nancy Thayer
Birth Date:	14 December 1943
Birth Place:	Emporia, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation:	Novelist
Spouse:	Charley Walters
Parents:	Jane Patton
Children:	Joshua Thayer Samantha Wilde (novelist)

Personal life

Thayer is the daughter of Jane Patton and was born on December 14, 1943, in Emporia, Kansas. Thayer married her second husband, Charles Walters, a music store owner, in 1984.^[1] They live in Nantucket, Massachusetts,^[2] and have two children: Joshua Thayer and Samantha Wilde, who is also a novelist.

Career

Thayer published her first novel when she was close to forty and already the mother of her two children. She has published regularly since. Her novels focus on contemporary social issues coupled with interesting plots and characters.

Her books have been translated into Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Romanian, Hebrew and Finnish.^{[3] [4]}

Books

• Stepping (1980, Doubleday)
• Three Women At the Waters' Edge (1981, Doubleday)
• Bodies and Souls (1983, Doubleday)
• Nell (1984, William Morrow)
• Morning (1987, Charles Scribner's Sons)
• Spirit Lost (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons)
• My Dearest Friend (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons)
• Everlasting (1991, Viking)
• Family Secrets (1993, Viking)
• Belonging (1995, St. Martin's Press)
• An Act Of Love (1997, St. Martin's Press)
• Between Husbands and Friends (1999, St. Martin's Press)^[5]
• Custody (2001, St. Martin's Press)
• The Hot Flash Club (2003, Ballantine)
• The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (2004, Ballantine)
• Hot Flash Holidays (2005, Ballantine)
• The Hot Flash Club Chills Out (2006, Ballantine)^[6]
• Moon Shell Beach (2008, Ballantine)
• Summer House (2009, Ballantine)^[7]
• Beachcombers (2010, Ballantine)^[8]
• Heat Wave (2011, Ballantine)^[9]
• Summer Breeze (2012, Ballantine)^[10]
• Island Girls (2013, Ballantine)^{[11] [12]}
• A Nantucket Christmas (2013, Ballantine)^[13]
• Nantucket Sisters (2014)
• An Island Christmas (2014, Ballantine Books)
• The Guest Cottage (2015, Ballantine Books)^[14]
• The Island House (2016)
• Secrets in Summer (2017)
• A Nantucket Wedding (2018)
• Surfside Sisters (2019)
• Let It Snow (2019)
• Girls of Summer (2020)
• Family Reunion (2021)
• Summer Love (2022)
• All the Days of Summer (2023)
• The Summer We Started Over (2024)

Articles

• "Plotting the Novel" (1988)^[15]

Adaptations

• Stepping was adapted as 13 part series for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Spirit Lost was adapted for film and released by United Image Entertainment

References

• Portland Book Review | Tag Archives: Nancy Thayer
• Review: Summer House by Nancy Thayer | Book, Line, and Sinker
• Novel Escapes: Island Girls by Nancy Thayer
• Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer - Summer Reading 2012 - Woman's Day
• Summer House | Bookreporter.com
• The Barnstable Patriot - Books reviewed in The Barnstable Patriot

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gray. Josh. CRITICAL EAR. Nantucket Magazine. 2019-07-11. 2019-04-26.
2. Web site: Thayer. Nancy. 2019-05-29. Travel to Nantucket like a local with this guide.. 2020-11-21. Newsweek. en.
3. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22nancy++thayer%22&fq=&dblist=638&start=101&qt=next_page Worldcat author listing
4. Web site: Nantucket Today: Nancy Thayer. www.nantuckettodayonline.com. en. 2018-05-23.
5. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-20613-0 Fiction Book Review: Between Husbands and Friends by Nancy Thayer, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (241p)
6. http://www.curledup.com/hfcchill.htm The Hot Flash Club Chills Out - book review
7. News: The Girls of Summer. The New York Times. 11 June 2009. Maslin. Reviews by Janet.
8. http://skrishnasbooks.com/2010/06/book-review-beachcombers-nancy-thayer.html Book Review: Beachcombers – Nancy Thayer - S. Krishna's Books
9. http://books.usatoday.com/book/nancy-thayer-heat-wave/l31788 Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer: Book Review - USATODAY.com
10. http://newsok.com/book-review-summer-breeze-by-nancy-thayer/article/3684793 Book review: “Summer Breeze” by Nancy Thayer | News OK
11. http://www.huntingtonnews.net/65421 BOOK REVIEW: 'Island Girls': Nancy Thayer Brings Three Estranged Sisters Together for a Summer on Nantucket Island | Huntington News
12. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nancy-thayer/island-girls ISLAND GIRLS by Nancy Thayer | Kirkus
13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-12-books-of-christmas/2013/12/17/14437de4-6439-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_story.html The 12 books of Christmas - The Washington Post
14. Web site: The Guest Cottage. Goodreads. 2017-06-13.
15. Thayer . Nancy . Plotting the Novel . The Writer . 101 . 4 . 21–23, 46 . Madavor Media LLC . April 1988 . .