Endangered Species: A Novel (1st ed.).

He has appeared at the National Book Festival, and he has written the New York Times recaps for Downton Abbey and Wolf Hall. īayard has also written book reviews and essays for The Washington Post, The New York Times, Salon and Nerve. It tells of an action adventure involving Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, through Brazil's Da Dúvida River circa 1914.

Roosevelt's Beast was published on March 18, 2014. His novel The School of Night (2010) shuttles between modern-day Washington, D.C., and Elizabethan England, where a group of scholars including Walter Ralegh, Christopher Marlowe, and the scientist Thomas Harriot explore dangerous questions. Bayard's fifth novel, The Black Tower (Morrow), set in Paris in 1818, follows the real-life detective Eugène François Vidocq as he investigates the mystery surrounding Marie Antoinette's son. It was optioned for a film adaptation by writer-director Scott Cooper. The book was nominated for an Edgar (2007) and a Dagger. His 2006 novel The Pale Blue Eye is a murder mystery set at West Point in 1830, where the young Edgar Allan Poe was a cadet. Bayard's novel was a New York Times Notable book and was chosen one of the 10 best books of the year by People magazine. Timothy, published by HarperCollins, was a Victorian thriller featuring a grown-up Tiny Tim from Dickens' A Christmas Carol. House of Representatives, working for Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton ( D- D.C.) and as press secretary for then Representative Phil Sharp (D- Indiana).īayard's first two novels, Fool's Errand (1999) and Endangered Species (2001), were romantic comedies with modern settings.

He lives in Washington, D.C., and teaches fiction writing at George Washington University. He graduated from Princeton University and received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Biography īayard was born on November 30, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Northern Virginia. His novel The Pale Blue Eye was adapted into a film of the same name, and released in January of 2023.

Timothy, The Black Tower, The School of Night, and Roosevelt's Beast, and they have been translated into 11 languages. His historical mysteries include The Pale Blue Eye, Mr. Louis Bayard (born November 30, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author.

Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard