and the beautiful island of Nantucket where she’s lived for 39 years with her husband Charley Walters and their spoiled cat Callie. Sometimes they invite their thousands of grandchildren to visit. She loves libraries, bookstores, and zoom parties.
Thayer's novels have appeared on the New York Times best-seller lists, in Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Cosmo UK, and are translated into many languages.
Her novel Let It Snow was made into a Hallmark Christmas movie entitled Nantucket Noel in 2021.
A Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1983, she was awarded the RT 2015 Career Achievement Award for Mainstream Fiction.
Thayer's new novel is Summer Light on Nantucket.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Her reply:
It’s A Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn is part of his mystery series starring Bernie and Chet the dog, from Chet’s point of view.Visit Nancy Thayer's website.Bernie is a detective with a Porsche convertible and Chet is his sidekick. It’s often laugh-out-loud funny, and also full of wisdom. It’s a complete hot fudge sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top, or, as Chet would say, a handful of Slim Jims.
You Took the Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston is one of his several books of clever, witty, brilliant poetry or word play or tongue twisters or deep thoughts—his writing is like no one else’s and he’s clearly in love with words and maybe a little like a verbal Rain Man.
Bread and Other Miracles by Lynn Ungar is the last book I read every night before I go to sleep. Her poems are spiritual andearthy, deeply intelligent and hopeful. This book is my candle in the dark.
The Page 69 Test: Summer House.
The Page 69 Test: Beachcombers.
My Book, The Movie: Beachcombers.
Writers Read: Nancy Thayer (May 2015).
My Book, The Movie: The Guest Cottage.
The Page 69 Test: The Guest Cottage.
The Page 69 Test: Summer Love.
--Marshal Zeringue
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