Thomas H. Cook

Thomas H. Cook was born in Ft. Payne, Alabama in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and philosophy from Georgia State College in 1969, and advanced degrees in American history from Hunter College (1972) and Columbia University of New York (1976). He has had several careers including that of an advertising executive for U. S.Industrial Chemicals, a clerk/typist for the Association for Help of Retarded Adults, an English and history teacher at Dekalb Community College, Clarkston, Georgia, and a book review editor for The Atlantic Monthly. Since 1981, he has devoted himself to a full time writing career.

Cook's crime thrillers are compelling tales written with great lyrical beauty. He views his crime novels as a means of financing his literary works. In 1996, he won the Edgar Allan Poe award for The Chatham School Affair.

Into the Web is Cook's next novel. He makes his home with his wife Susan Terner (a radio writer) and their daughter Justine in New York and Cape Cod.

The following is a list of Thomas Cook's works:

Blood Echoes 364.152309758 COO 1992
Blood Innocents FIC/COO 1999
Breakheart Hill FIC/COO 1995
The Chatham School Affair FIC/COO 1996***
The City When It Rains FIC/COO 1991
Early Graves*
Elena *
Evidence of Blood FIC/COO 1991
Flesh and Blood *
Instruments of Night FIC/COO 1998***
The Interrogation FIC/COO 2002
Mortal Memory FIC/COO 1993
Night Secrets FIC/COO 1990***
The Orchid FIC/COO 1982
Places in the Dark FIC/COO 2000***
Sacrificial Ground FIC/COO 1988***
Streets of Fire FIC/COO 1989***
Tabernacle FIC/COO 1983

* Please request at the Information Services Desk
*** Available in audio

Prepared by the St. Charles Public Library, January 2003

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