Tom Vandel

Tom Vandel is a writer living in Portland, Oregon and Big Sky, Montana. He is author of five books. His latest is a collection of poems titled "Goodbye Yellowstone Road". Prior to that he wrote a book of short stories, "The Broken World". Both books of poems and short stories were finalists in the High Plains Book Awards (2022, 2023). Prior to that he wrote and published "A Killer Story", a crime noir novel with memoir undertones. He has also collaborated with artist, Karen Wippich, on two art books. One based on the Covid 19 pandemic, "Strange Days: A Pandemic Journey". The other a snarky look at Uber driving called "Driving Strangers Diary of an Uber Driver". He writes on Substack at tomvandel.substack.com