Thomas B. Cavanagh is an Amazon best-selling, award-winning author of Florida crime thrillers. He has won both Gold and Bronze Florida Book Awards and has been a finalist for a Best Novel Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America.
When not busy writing crime fiction, Tom works in higher education, with an emphasis in e-learning and technical communication. He has taught technical writing and editing courses at the University of Central Florida and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Digital Storytelling at Valencia College, and Screenwriting at Full Sail University.
He has also written and managed numerous multimedia programs for Fortune 500 companies, the federal government, and military. Prior to that, Tom spent several years in film and television entertainment where he wrote a number of award-winning children’s television programs for producers such as Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, and Anheuser Busch Entertainment.
He holds a Ph.D. in Texts & Technology from UCF and is a graduate of the University of Miami Creative Writing program. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Private Eye Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Author’s Guild. He has also previously been an active member of the Writers Guild of America.
Tom lives in Central Florida with his family and two quirky cats.
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