James Thompson (crime writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Thompson (crime writer)

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1964

Place of Birth: Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 02-Aug-2014

Profession: writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Thompson (16 October 1964 – 2 August 2014) was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki.
He had a master's degree in English philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he was fluent.
He studied six languages.
He published four crime novels with the Finnish inspector Kari Vaara as the protagonist.Helsinki Noir was published by Akashic Books November 2014.
It is an anthology edited by Thompson and it includes one story he wrote.Thompson died unexpectedly in his home town of Lahti, Finland in August 2014.