In 2002 he was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, one of only two authors to earn the award posthumously (the other was 87th Precinct author Ed McBain in 2006). Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. Thomas's debut novel, The Cold War Swap, introducing McCorkle and Padillo, was written in only six weeks and won a 1967 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He worked as a public relations specialist, correspondent with the Armed Forces Network, union spokesman, and political strategist in the USA, Bonn (Germany), and Nigeria before becoming a writer. Thomas served with the infantry in the Philippines during World War II. He also wrote five novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. Ross Thomas (February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City – December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction.
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