Victoria Thompson

Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1948.{{Cite web |title=Victoria Thompson |url=http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/T_Authors/Thompson_Victoria.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me! |archive-date=2024-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506002642/https://stopyourekillingme.com/T_Authors/Thompson_Victoria.html |url-status=live }}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=May 2024}} She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education{{Cite web |last=Huelsenbeck |first=Andrea R. |date=2019-08-31 |title=An Interview with Author Victoria Thompson |url=https://arhtisticlicense.com/2019/08/31/an-interview-with-author-victoria-thompson/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=ARHtistic License |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Victoria Thompson · Meet The Faculty |url=https://www.setonhill.edu/academics/meet-the-faculty/detail/victoria-thompson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204161609/https://www.setonhill.edu/academics/meet-the-faculty/detail/victoria-thompson/ |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Seton Hill University |language=en}}

Thompson lived with her husband near Chicago. She had two adult daughters who are both writers, and three grandchildren. Thompson died at her home in Long Grove, Illinois, on August 23, 2024, at the age of 76.{{cite web |title=Edgar® & Agatha Award Nominated Author Victoria Thompson Passes Away at 76 |url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/edgar-agatha-award-nominated-author-victoria-thompson-passes-away-at-76/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=4 September 2024}}

Thompson began her career writing historical romance novels in the 1980s.{{Cite web |title=MEET BESTSELLING MYSTERY AUTHOR VICTORIA THOMPSON {{!}} Lynn Slaughter |url=https://lynnslaughter.com/2021/05/22/meet-bestselling-mystery-author-victoria-thompson/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Lynn Slaughter |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Melander |first=Rochelle |date=2018-12-11 |title=Writers@Work: An Interview with Victoria Thompson - Write Now Coach! Blog |url=https://writenowcoach.com/writerswork-an-interview-with-victoria-thompson/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |language=en-US}} Thompson felt it was kismet because she loves history, and she had fallen in love with New York City, and Greenwich Village in particular, when her daughter attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. At that time, Thompson was working as a fundraiser for the March of Dimes, and several of the volunteers she worked with were midwives.

Along with writing, Thompson was a professor in the creative writing Master of Fine Arts program at Seton Hill University from 2000-2023.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://victoriathompson.com/about/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Victoria Thompson |language=en-CA |archive-date=2023-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129085201/https://victoriathompson.com/about/ |url-status=live }} She also served on the Board of Trustees for the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Illinois from 2019-2024.[https://www.vapld.info/news/board-changes Board Changes 6/21/2024)] Many of her former students have become published authors, including V.M. Burns.{{Cite web |last=Schafer |first=Suanne |date=2020-06-09 |title=INTERVIEW: VICTORIA THOMPSON, AUTHOR OF THE GASLIGHT MYSTERY SERIES |url=https://suanneschaferauthor.com/victoria-thompson/ |website=Suanne Schafer Author}}{{Cite web |title=Sisters in Crime: Writing MFA Graduates Recognized For Their Mystery Writing |url=https://www.setonhill.edu/news/detail/sisters-in-crime-writing-mfa-graduates-recognized-for-their-mystery-writing/ |website=Seton Hill University}} Thompson also taught for a time in the continuing education program at Pennsylvania State University.

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In 2012, Thompson received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. In 2016, she was Guest of Honor at Malice Domestic mystery fan convention.

• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Astor Place |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=1999}}{{Cite web |date=1999-05-03 |title=Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425168967 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195227/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425168967 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on St. Mark's Place |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2000}}{{Cite web |last=Eckford |first=Teresa |date=August 2000 |title=Murder On St.Mark's Place: A Gaslight Mystery (Gaslight Mysteries) |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-st-marks-place/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2015-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928011905/https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-st-marks-place/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Gramercy Park |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2001}}{{Cite web |last=Eckford |first=Teresa |date=August 2001 |title=Murder On Gramercy Park |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-gramercy-park/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195129/https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-gramercy-park/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Washington Square |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2002}}{{Cite web |last=Kondelik |first=Vicki |date=November 2002 |title=Murder on Washington Square |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-washington-square/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2014-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707024635/http://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-washington-square/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Mulberry Bend |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2003}}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Marble Row |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=2004}}{{Cite web |date=2004-06-01 |title=Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425196106 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195211/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425196106 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Lenox Hill |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime |isbn=|year=2005}}{{Cite web |date=2005-06-01 |title=Murder on Lenox Hill |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Murder-on-Lenox-Hill-Victoria-Thompson/pid=502652 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194948/https://www.booklistonline.com/Murder-on-Lenox-Hill-Victoria-Thompson/pid=502652 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Little Italy |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime |isbn=|year=2006}}{{Cite web |last=De Angeli |first=Nina |date=November 2006 |title=Murder In Little Italy |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-in-little-italy/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2015-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323110240/http://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-in-little-italy/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Chinatown |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime |isbn=|year=2007}}{{Cite web |date=2007-04-30 |title=Murder in Chinatown: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425215319 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195233/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425215319 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Bank Street |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime |isbn=|year=2008}}{{Cite web |last=De Angeli |first=Nina |date=November 2008 |title=Murder on Bank Street: A Gaslight Mystery |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-bank-street-a-gaslight-mystery/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2022-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525204726/https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-on-bank-street-a-gaslight-mystery/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Waverly Place |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2009}}{{Cite web |date=2009-04-27 |title=Murder on Waverly Place: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425227756 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195229/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425227756 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Lexington Avenue |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2010}}{{Cite web |date=2010-04-26 |title=Murder on Lexington Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425234372 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195323/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425234372 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Sisters' Row |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2011}}{{Cite web |date=2011-04-25 |title=Murder on Sisters' Row: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425241158 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195347/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425241158 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Fifth Avenue |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2012}}{{Cite web |date=2012-03-26 |title=Murder on Fifth Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425247419 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195252/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425247419 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Chelsea |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2013}}{{Cite web |date=2013-03-11 |title=Murder in Chelsea: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425260418 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195114/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425260418 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Murray Hill |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2014}}{{Cite web |date=2014-03-10 |title=Murder in Murray Hill: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425260425 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Amsterdam Avenue |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2015}}{{Cite web |date=2015-03-30 |title=Murder on Amsterdam Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425260470 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195217/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425260470 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2015}}{{Cite web |date=2015-09-21 |title=Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425278970 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195239/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425278970 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Morningside Heights |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2016}}{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Martha |date=August 2016 |title=Murder in Morningside Heights: A Gaslight Mystery |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-in-morningside-heights-a-gaslight-mystery/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Historical Novel Society |archive-date=2021-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206175918/https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/murder-in-morningside-heights-a-gaslight-mystery/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in the Bowery |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2017}}{{Cite web |date=2017-06-12 |title=Murder in the Bowery: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781101987117 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195219/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781101987117 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Union Square |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2018}}{{Cite web |date=2018-03-12 |title=Murder on Union Square: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399586606 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Trinity Place |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|publication-date=2019}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-07 |title=Murder on Trinity Place: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399586637 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194946/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399586637 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Pleasant Avenue |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2020}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=Murder on Pleasant Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805744 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194944/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805744 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Wall Street |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2021}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-29 |title=Murder on Wall Street: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805775 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195058/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805775 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Madison Square |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2022}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Murder on Madison Square: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593337066 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194954/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593337066 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder on Bedford Street |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-30 |title=Murder on Bedford Street: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593337103 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195131/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593337103 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Murder in Rose Hill |publisher=Berkley Prime Crime|isbn=|year=2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-17 |title=Murder in Rose Hill |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/victoria-thompson/murder-in-rose-hill/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195524/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/victoria-thompson/murder-in-rose-hill/ |url-status=live }}

• {{Cite book |title=City of Lies |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=2017}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-18 |title=City of Lies by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399586576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195332/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399586576 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Secrets |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=2018}}{{Cite web |date=2018-09-03 |title=City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780451491619 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Scoundrels |date=2019 |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=}}{{Cite web |date=2019-09-05 |title=City of Scoundrels: A Counterfeit Lady Novel by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805652 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195029/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781984805652 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Schemes |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2020}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-31 |title=City of Schemes by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593197509 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194857/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593197509 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Shadows |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=2021}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=City of Shadows by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593197530 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195102/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593197530 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Fortune |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=|year=2022}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=City of Fortune by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593440575 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195131/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593440575 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• {{Cite book |title=City of Betrayal |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group|isbn=|year=2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=City of Betrayal by Victoria Thompson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593440605 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195125/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593440605 |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}

• {{Cite book |title=Sherlock Holmes in America |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |isbn= |editor-last=Greenberg |editor-first=Martin H. |editor-link=Martin H. Greenberg |chapter=The Minister’s Missing Daughter |editor-last2=Lellenberg |editor-first2=John L. |editor-last3=Stashower |editor-first3=Daniel |editor-link3=Daniel Stashower|year=2009}}

• {{Cite book |title=Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction |publisher=Headline Books |year=2011 |isbn= |chapter=Ruining Everything: Tips for Plotting a Mystery}}

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• [https://victoriathompson.com/ Official website]
• [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/246338/victoria-thompson/ Penguin Random House Author Page]

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