Tom Poland

Tom Poland is the author of fourteen books and more than 2,000 magazine features. A Southern writer, his work has appeared in magazines throughout the South. Tom grew up in Lincoln County, Georgia.

In the fall of 2018 he received South Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto. He's a member of the SC Humanities Speaker Bureau. People first came to know Tom’s work in South Carolina Wildlife magazine, where he wrote features and served as managing editor. He’s written over 500 columns. Among his recent books are Classic Carolina Road Trips From Columbia, Georgialina, A Southland, As We Knew It, Reflections of South Carolina, Vol. 2, and South Carolina Country Roads. Swamp Gravy, Georgia’s Official Folk Life Drama, staged his play, Solid Ground in 2011 and 2012.

He writes a weekly column for newspapers and journals in Georgia and South Carolina about the South, its people, traditions, lifestyle, and changing culture and speaks often to groups across South Carolina and Georgia.

Tom earned a BA in Journalism and a Masters in Media at the University of Georgia. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina where he writes about Georgialina—his name for eastern Georgia and South Carolina.