Running tasks in STA threads

STATask.cs

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public static class STATask
{
    public static Task Start(Action action)
    {
        TaskCompletionSource<object> source = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
        Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
            {
                try
                {
                    action();
                    source.SetResult(null);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    source.SetException(ex);
                }
            });
        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        thread.Start();
        return source.Task;
    }

    public static Task<TResult> Start<TResult>(Func<TResult> function)
    {
        TaskCompletionSource<TResult> source = new TaskCompletionSource<TResult>();
        Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
            {
                try
                {
                    source.SetResult(function());
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    source.SetException(ex);
                }
            });
        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        thread.Start();
        return source.Task;
    }
}