Nancy Thayer (born December 14, 1943) is an American novelist who has written thirty-one books.
Personal life Thayer is the daughter of Jane Patton and was born on December 14, 1943, in Emporia, Kansas. Thayer married her second husband, Charles Walters, a music store owner, in 1984. They live in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and have two children: Joshua Thayer and Samantha Wilde, who is also a novelist.
Career Thayer published her first novel when she was close to forty and already the mother of her two children. She has published regularly since. Her novels focus on contemporary social issues coupled with interesting plots and characters.
Her books have been translated into Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Romanian, Hebrew and Finnish.Worldcat author listing
Books Stepping (1980, Doubleday) Three Women At the Waters' Edge (1981, Doubleday) Bodies and Souls (1983, Doubleday) Nell (1984, William Morrow) Morning (1987, Charles Scribner's Sons) Spirit Lost (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons) My Dearest Friend (1988, Charles Scribner's Sons) Everlasting (1991, Viking) Family Secrets (1993, Viking) Belonging (1995, St. Martin's Press) An Act Of Love (1997, St. Martin's Press) Between Husbands and Friends (1999, St. Martin's Press)Fiction Book Review: Between Husbands and Friends by Nancy Thayer, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (241p) Custody (2001, St. Martin's Press) The Hot Flash Club (2003, Ballantine) The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (2004, Ballantine) Hot Flash Holidays (2005, Ballantine) The Hot Flash Club Chills Out (2006, Ballantine)The Hot Flash Club Chills Out - book review Moon Shell Beach (2008, Ballantine) Summer House (2009, Ballantine) Beachcombers (2010, Ballantine)Book Review: Beachcombers – Nancy Thayer - S. Krishna's Books Heat Wave (2011, Ballantine)Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer: Book Review - USATODAY.com Summer Breeze (2012, Ballantine)Book review: “Summer Breeze” by Nancy Thayer | News OK Island Girls (2013, Ballantine)BOOK REVIEW: 'Island Girls': Nancy Thayer Brings Three Estranged Sisters Together for a Summer on Nantucket Island | Huntington NewsISLAND GIRLS by Nancy Thayer | Kirkus A Nantucket Christmas (2013, Ballantine)The 12 books of Christmas - The Washington Post Nantucket Sisters (2014) An Island Christmas (2014, Ballantine Books) The Guest Cottage (2015, Ballantine Books) The Island House (2016) Secrets in Summer (2017) A Nantucket Wedding (2018) Surfside Sisters (2019) Let It Snow (2019) Girls of Summer (2020) Family Reunion (2021) Summer Love (2022) All the Days of Summer (2023) The Summer We Started Over (2024) Summer Light on Nantucket (2025) Nantucket Christmas Stroll (2026)
Articles "Plotting the Novel" (1988)
Adaptations Stepping was adapted as 13 part series for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Spirit Lost was adapted for film and released by United Image Entertainment
References
Portland Book Review | Tag Archives: Nancy Thayer Review: Summer House by Nancy Thayer | Book, Line, and Sinker Novel Escapes: Island Girls by Nancy Thayer Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer - Summer Reading 2012 - Woman's Day Summer House | Bookreporter.com The Barnstable Patriot - Books reviewed in The Barnstable Patriot