James Stewart "Jim"[1] Thayer (born May 28, 1949) is an American author of thriller novels and an attorney.
[1] He is a graduate of Washington State University where he was inducted into the honors fraternity Phi Beta Kappa.
[2] Subsequently he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School.
[2] He broadcasts a weekly fiction-writing podcast, The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel.
He also has two other brothers living in Seattle, Joe and John, and one sister, Connie.