Tom Wallace

Author Bio

Central City native Tom Wallace is the award-winning author of five mysteries featuring Lexington, Kentucky Detective Jack Dantzler, including his most recent, The Fire of Heaven. Other Dantzler mysteries include The List, Gnosis, The Devil’s Racket and What Matters Blood. He also wrote the thriller, Heirs of Cain.

In 2010, Tom’s novel, Gnosis, won the prestigious Claymore Award at the Killer Nashville Writers’ Conference. Gnosis would go on to become one of the most downloaded e-books on Amazon in 2013. In 2007, The Devil’s Racket also took home a top prize, capturing the Mystery Novel Award.

A graduate of Western Kentucky University’s outstanding Journalism Department, Tom spent many years as a successful sportswriter in his native Kentucky. From 1983-86, he served as sports editor for the Gleaner in Henderson, where he twice was honored by the Kentucky Press Association for writing the best sports story in the state.

From 1986 until 1993, Tom worked for the legendary broadcaster, Cawood Ledford, serving as editor for Cawood on Kentucky, a weekly publication covering UK basketball and football. During that time, Tom also wrote many of Cawood’s TV and radio commentaries. He also helped put together and write Cawood’s Comments.

As a free-lance writer, Tom has authored eight sports-related books, among them the highly popular Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia, an in-depth history of the University of Kentucky’s legendary hoops program. He has also written books with former Wildcats Travis Ford and Jeff Sheppard. In addition to those books, Tom and the late John McGill wrote Embracing the Legend with former UCLA coach Jim Harrick.

Tom, a Vietnam vet, is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and the Author’s Guild. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Lexington. His website is www.tomwallacenovels.com.

Books:

Golden Glory
Price: $29.95

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