William Bayer Books in Order

William Bayer is a prolific author with a diverse range of fiction and non-fiction works. His novels have captivated readers worldwide, with nineteen titles translated into fourteen foreign languages and thirteen available in ebook and audiobook editions. Notably, two of his novels, Switch and Pattern Crimes, have achieved New York Times best-seller status. Bayer's background is steeped in the arts, with a mother who was a screenwriter and a father who was an attorney. Educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard, where he majored in art history, Bayer's academic pursuits were marked by an honors thesis on Paul Gauguin's "D'ou venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?" Throughout his career, Bayer has received numerous accolades, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for Peregrine, the French Prix Mystère de la Critique for both Switch and The Dream Of The Broken Horses, and the Lambda Literary Award for The Magician's Tale. His work has also been adapted into television movies, including a four-hour mini-series based on Switch.