Portrait of Thomas B. Cavanagh
Photo by Morgan Sophia

Press Kit

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 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 has taught graduate level Technical Editing and Writing for the Business Professional courses at UCF, Technical Report Writing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Digital Storytelling at Valencia College, and Screenwriting at Full Sail University. He holds a Ph.D. in Texts & Technology from the University of Central Florida.

Tom 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.

Diamind Cut on a store bookshelf
Prodigal Son on a bookstore shelf