Toronto writer Andrew Pyper, whose debut novel “Lost Girls” launched a career of bestselling, award-winning literary thrillers, has died.A list of Pyper’s publications can be found here.
Pyper passed away at his west-end home Friday of complications from cancer, his agent confirmed to the Toronto Star. He was 56.
The writer, who once said “I write scary stories for a living,” followed up ”Lost Girls”—which won the Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel in 2000—with such works as “The Demonologist,” “The Damned,” “The Only Child” and “The Homecoming.” His books earned him international publishing deals, were translated in multiple languages and acquired for TV and film development.
His most recent book, “William,” described as “psychological horror meets cyber noir,” was published this past fall under the pen name Mason Coile. Pyper took great delight in sharing the news that it had been chosen by the American Booksellers Association as well as People magazine as one of the best reads of September.
(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)
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