Thomas Maier Books

The Kennedy saga begins with Patrick Kennedy’s arrival in the Brahmin world of Boston in 1848, a journey emblematic of the Irish immigrant experience. Patrick’s determination and resilience l...

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  I'll be at Authors Night Saturday August 10 at the East Hampton Library, signing copies of MAFIA SPIES (now a TV tie-in edition for the series on Paramount+Showtime) as well as my brand new n...

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  A decade ago, a TV show from a book I wrote called MASTERS OF SEX debuted on Showtime and ran for four seasons. Tonight, another TV show from a book I wrote called MAFIA SPIES debuted on Sh...

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  Here's the three-part serialization of my new novel MONTAUK TO MANHATTAN, a funny provocative murder mystery that revolves around the making of a TV show in Montauk. The first three chapte...

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Many thanks to all the friends and family who tonight joined the crowd at Theodore’s Books in Oyster Bay for my talk about MAFIA SPIES and my new novel MONTAUK TO MANHATTAN!

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  'MONTAUK TO MANHATTAN: AN AMERICAN NOVEL' BY THOMAS MAIER - PART 3 Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series in which Dan’s Paperspublishes excerpts of Thomas Maier’s n...

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 Thanks again Danny Strong for being the champion of MAFIA SPIES!

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My son Taylor and wife Joyce joined me last night at the East Hampton Library’s showing of MAFIA SPIES. You can see it now on Paramount and Showtime.  

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    What do the critics say about MAFIA SPIES, now a Paramount+Showtime series? Here's what the American Library Association's BOOKLIST said about MAFIA SPIES in its starred review:  

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MONTAUK TO MANHATTAN (CLICK here to WATCH the whole session) Join award-winning author Thomas Maier when he discusses his upcoming novel, Montauk to Manhattan (Post Hill Press, July 9, 202...

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Here's a short video about my new novel . (click this here or below).

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Thomas Maier author of Mafia Spies and Masters of Sex  A new updated version of MAFIA SPIES, my book that is the basis for the upcoming TV docuseries on Paramount+ and Showtime, is being pu...

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One of my Newsday colleagues told me today that Jeopardy featured my 2009 Masters of Sex biography in a recent episode. It was quite a thrill to see, especially for someone who still remembers...

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  Here's my latest column, please subscribe to Newsday. BY THOMAS MAIERGive former police commish Hart some credit for Gilgo murders arrest In a sense, the forgotten women of the long-r...

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 Newsday won several awards at the Silurians Awards dinner last night in Manhattan. I won a Merit Award for my arts and cultural writing for my piece about the 50th anniversary of “The Godfath...

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 In my 40th year, I've finally written my first column for Newsday. It's a fun change of pace. Since 1984, I put together more investigative stories, print and TV, than anyone in the history of ...

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 Masters of Sex and yours truly as the author gets a big shoutout from Lizzy Caplan on Armchair Expert on Spotify! She’s a wonderful actress enjoying a great career. Stay tuned for Mafia Spies...

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By Thomas Maier, Newsday column.    Teddy Roosevelt, Long Island’s only U.S. president, inspired the “teddy bear” doll that little tykes once snuggled with for a good night’s sleep. A...

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In Season Four of Masters of Sex, actors Jeremy Strong, Annaleigh Ashford and Lizzy Caplan all appeared together. And today in Hollywood, all three won Primetime Emmy nominations for their acting...

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My book MAFIA SPIES relied on some of these recently released JFK papers. Paramount+ is finishing up a six-part docuseries that will be shown in early 2024, along with an updated TV tie-in versi...

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Newsday grabs 12 Emmy noms, including one for my doc THE GODFATHER:50 Year Retrospective looking at the NY/Long Island roots of its creators. That’s 4 Emmy noms for the kid in the past 4 year...

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Today is my last news article for Newsday, a print-TV investigation about the high cost of police misconduct. It's on the front page, ironically just like my first in 1984. This month, I began ...

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Paramount today announced a new TV doc series based on my 2019 book MAFIA SPIES . Paramount is the parent of Showtime, which produced my Emmy-winning drama MASTERS OF SEX, which ran for four sea...

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What Would Dr. Spock Say About the State of Babies Today? by Thomas Maier Babies are on our mind these days, for all the wrong reasons. It makes you wonder what America’s famous pediatrician,...

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