What is James Thompson (author)?
[[File:Jim Thompson H1093 C.jpg|thumb|James Thompson at the [[Helsinki Book Fair]] in 2008.]] '''James Thompson''' (16 October 1964 – 2 August 2014<ref name=HS>[http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/Suomessa+asunut+huippudekkaristi+Jim+Thompson+on+kuollut/a1407033166432 Suomessa asunut huippudekkaristi Jim Thompson on kuollut,] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811171752/http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/Suomessa+asunut+huippudekkaristi+Jim+Thompson+on+kuollut/a1407033166432 |date=2014-08-11 }} [[Helsingin Sanomat]] August 3, 2014 (in printed version August 4, 2014 p. B 3) {{in lang|fi}}</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]]-[[Finnish people|Finnish]] crime writer. He was born in [[Kentucky]] and grew up in [[Lahti]]. He had a [[master's degree]] in English [[philology]] from the [[University of Helsinki]]. He also studied [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and was fluent in it. He studied six languages. He published four [[crime novel]]s with the Finnish inspector Kari Vaara as the [[protagonist]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://jamesthompsonauthor.com/biography/ |title =Author Bio |access-date =2017-08-31 |archive-date =2014-01-08 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140108094626/http://jamesthompsonauthor.com/biography/ |url-status =bot: unknown }}</ref> Thompson died in Lahti, Finland,<ref name=ItalehtiObit>{{cite news | url=http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/2014080418539179_vi.shtml | title=Suomessa asunut suosittu kirjailija menehtyi | newspaper=[[Iltalehti]] | language=Finnish | date=4 August 2014 | accessdate=4 August 2014 }}</ref> aged 49. ==References== {{reflist}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, James}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish writers]] [[Category:Writers from Kentucky]] [[Category:People from Lahti]] [[Category:Crime writers]]