Tommy Hays

Tommy Hays' latest novel, THE MARRIAGE BED (Blair), which Ron Rash calls "An exceptional novel--perfectly paced, riveting, unrelentingly honest wise" is a Spring 2026 Reading Pick, Deep South Magazine and also a Southern Summer Book Club pick at Southern Review of Books. His novel, THE PLEASURE WAS MINE (St. Martin's Press), was a SIBA fiction finalist and read on NPR's Radio Reader. His other novels are SAM'S CROSSING (Atheneum) and IN THE FAMILY WAY (Random House) winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Tommy's middle grade novel WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU (Egmont USA) was chosen as a SIBA Okra Pick.