Tom grew up in a small northern Michigan town, the model for the novel's fictitious Slippery Flats. The family's first three boys were Tom, Dick, and Harry.
He and his wife Hanne spend their time between Traverse City, Michigan, and Fort Myers, Florida.
The Preacher's Obsession is his first published novel.
He has worked as a laborer, prep cook, vocational counselor, insurance adjuster, line supervisor