Ross Elmore Thomas (1926 - 1995)

Born 19 Feb 1926 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 1995 at age 69 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Ross Thomas is Notable.

• b. 19 February 1926 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• d. 18 December 1995 Santa Monica, California^[1][2]

Ross Thomas was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics.

His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, was written in only six weeks and won a 1967 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His novel Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel.

He was called "the Jane Austen of the political espionage story" by Stephen King, writing in The Washington Post's Book World.

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).

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Ross Thomas
2. ↑ Cause: lung cancer

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWJ-59V : accessed 12 February 2023), Ross E Thomas in household of J Edwin Thomas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 3B, line 83, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1918; FHL microfilm 2,341,652.

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03342; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 78-4, Ross E Thomas, 14, Son, born Oklahoma, in household with J Edwin Thomas, 56, born Alabama, Married, Laura E Thomas, 55, born Alabama, Married, James S Thomas, 17, Son.

• "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B4-BQ5C : 3 March 2020), Ross Elmore Thomas, 19 Feb 1944; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, NAID 2169774. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8B9-95W : 5 December 2014), Ross E Thomas, enlisted 09 Aug 1944, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: 2692; Sheet Number: 13; Enumeration District: 55-127, Ross E Thomas, 24, Married, born Oklahoma, in household with J Edwin Thomas, 66, born Alabama, Married, Laura E Thomas, 65, born Alabama, Married, Sue Thomas, 20, Daughter-in-law.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP33-1XY : 26 November 2014), Ross E Thomas, 18 Dec 1995; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL65-Q36 : 10 January 2021), Ross E Thomas, 18 Dec 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWN-9YV8 : accessed 12 February 2023), Ross Thomas, Georgia, United States, 19 Dec 1995; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, born-digital text.

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Ross Thomas
• Wikidata: Item Q1660382, en:Wikipedia