Marshall Thornton
{{short description|American writer}}
Marshall Thornton is an American writer of gay and lesbian mysteries best known for his Boystown series. He's won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery thrice and has been a finalist for the award six times. He's also been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance twice and placed second for the Rainbow Award for Gay Romantic Comedy in 2016.
Biography
Thornton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,{{Cite web |title=Marshall Thornton |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3000192.Marshall_Thornton |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Goodreads}} then lived in the Adirondack Mountains as a teenager.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-21 |title=Marshall Thornton on Celebrating Boystown's Tenth Anniversary |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/11/boystown/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}} He lived in Chicago for seven years before moving to Los Angeles, where he lived for nearly three decades. He now lives in Northern Lower Michigan.
He received a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Awards
Publications
- The Christmas Visit (2008)
- The Beneficiary (2009)
- Coffee Clutch (2009)
- Simple Addition (2009)
- Bartholi's Rest (2010)
- Coyote Bluff (2010)
- Lucky is Lost (2010)
- Desert Run (2011)
- Full Release (2011)
- The Ghost Slept Over (2014)
- My Favorite Uncle (2014)
- Snowman With Benefits (2014)
- Aunt Belle's Time Travel & Collectibles (2017)
- Never Rest (2018)
- Code Name: Liberty (2019)
- Fathers of the Bride (2021)
= Boystown series =
The following books are listed in story order, not publishing order:
- Little Boy Dead (2012)
- Little Boy Afraid (2017)
- Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (2009)
- Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (2010)
- Two Nick Nowak Novellas (2011)
- A Time For Secrets (2012)
- Murder Book (2013)
- From the Ashes (2013)
- Bloodlines (2015)
- The Lies That Bind (2016)
- Lucky Days (2017)
- Gifts Given (2017)
- Heart's Desire (2018)
- Broken Cord (2019)
- Fade Out (2020)
= The Perils of Praline series =
- The Perils of Praline: Or, the Amorous Adventures of a Southern Gentleman in Hollywood (2010)
- Praline Goes To Washington: Or, the Erotic Misdeeds of a Newly Native Californian in Our Nation's Capitol (2017)
= Jan Birch Mysteries series =
- The Development: Three Jan Birch Mysteries (2011)
- Mountain View Terrace (2011)
= Femme series =
- Femme (2016)
- Masc (2018)
= A Pinx Video Mystery series =
- Night Drop (2017)
- Hidden Treasures (2018)
- Late Fees (2018)
- Rewind (2019)
- Cash Out (2020)
= The Wyandot County Mysteries series =
- The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch (2020)
- A Fabulously Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch (2022)
= Dom Reilly Mysteries series =
- Year of the Rat (2021)
- A Mean Season (2022)
- The Happy Month (2024)
References
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External links
- [https://marshallthorntonauthor.com/ Official website]
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Category:Writers from Pittsburgh
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni