Education
Thayne graduated from the University of Utah in 1945. In the late 1960s, she completed a master"s degree at the University of Utah.
Thayne graduated from the University of Utah in 1945. In the late 1960s, she completed a master"s degree at the University of Utah.
She would later return there to coach tennis and teach English. She was on the faculty over 30 years. Although Thayne worked primarily as a poet, she also wrote novels.
Her first novel was Never Past the Gate.
She was also a contributor to such magazines as Network, a woman"s magazine based in Salt Lake City, Exponent II and Utah Holiday. At age 90, she died in Salt Lake City on December 6, 2014.