Tom Thorson became an author late in life, if you don't include the 329 attempts to write the Great American Novel beginning at about age 14 (a war novel, abandoned after half a hand-written page). He attended the University of Illinois where he became an English major primarily because he liked to read. He also holds minors in psychology and mathematics, although full disclosure requires stating that he became worthless in helping with his daughters' algebra homework by the time they entered the ninth grade. For reasons still a mystery to this day, he parlayed his bachelor of arts degree into entry to Michigan Law School, and became a reluctant attorney. Growing old rekindled the desire to write a novel, and maybe this time he got it right. He currently lives in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and has three mostly wonderful daughters who remain remarkably unaffected by his fathering skills. In his spare time (?), he likes to watch the bees and butterflies in his garden, bake, and make artisan ice cream. "Heirs Apparent," "The Connubial Corpse," and all subsequent novels in the Malcom Winters Series are his loving homage to the classic American detective novels and modest contribution to the genre.